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Steve Scalise: “Democrats want to use [young people] as leverage in some…”

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

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 35 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 26:24

And if those Democrats vote no again today, ask them to articulate why, what's their answer to those young people, some 19, 18 year old kid who just wants to go learn electrical skills but won't be able to because why? Because Democrats want to use [young people] as leverage in some game that they can't even explain. And then of course we all know all the different groups that have come out over and over, they've not said let's pass some big sweeping omnibus bill, they've just said pass the clean CR that the House passed over a month ago. (26:24–26:30)

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