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Steve Scalise: “Head Start...funds education and nutrition services for…”

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 27 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 25:01

And Democrats keep voting no. They keep voting to shut the government down. And it's having an impact on millions of people. Head Start...funds education and nutrition services for 800,000 kids under the age of six. You hear this theme over and over again. Now, who the Democrats are using for, for leverage and hurting is kids and nutrition programs. That's who they've chosen to target. (25:01–25:11)

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