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Steve Scalise: “Chuck Schumer confirmed yesterday that he'll attend…”

Featuring: Steve Scalise, Republican | House Majority Leader, U.S. House Louisiana, District 1

Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown

Published October 17, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:14

And a lot of people ask what's the off ramp? And especially they ask what changed in Chuck Schumer from just a few months ago, back in March, when … Chuck Schumer confirmed yesterday that he'll attend tomorrow's rally. … jeopardizing America's national security over those same levels. And so what changed? And I think you don't need to look any further than what you saw on the stage in New York last night. (14:14–14:18)

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“Chuck Schumer voted for these very same funding levels in March.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 14:14-14:18
“Democrats have now voted for the 11th time to keep the government closed.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 19:04-19:07
“Today [Chuck Schumer] is shutting the entire government down, jeopardizing America's national security over those same levels.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 13:57-14:25
“Chuck Schumer decided to shut down the government.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 13:58-14:01
“The bill was passed out of committee in the Senate with broad bipartisan support.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 14:14-14:18
“Democrats will go out and raise their hands with and cheer with [the groups at the rally].”
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“Democrats have refused to reopen the government.”
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“Three appropriations bills that are in a conference committee that, frankly, Republicans and Democrats on those committees had already…”
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“It was Chuck Schumer who walked away back then a few weeks ago and decided then he was going to shut the government down.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 16:18-16:26
“They distributed talking points cheering on the shutdown.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 16:18-16:36
“Democrats still engaged in a stunt on the floor and they rejected it.”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 16:18-16:36
“There are other federal employees that were not able to get paid just in this most recent pay schedule.”
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“Thousands of people just in southeast Louisiana [are affected by the shutdown].”
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“Demand is up, supply is down. And now we're getting hammered by the fallout from the government shutdown.”
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“There's a bill that, again, doesn't solve all of our differences, but just allows those people to be freed so that they can get back to…”
Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 17 of Government Shutdown | Uploaded October 17, 2025 | 18:39-18:52
“Yesterday the Senate Democrats took it a step further. They rejected a standalone bill to fund our nation's defense and pay our troops.”
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