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Steve Scalise: “It's food, literally, that's not going to be on the table of…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Joins Steve Scalise and August Pfluger on the Right to the Point Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 21:33

And the Democrats are saying, no, they don't care. They literally want to hold the American people hostage and cause that suffering. And it's real people, It's food, literally, that's not going to be on the table of 42 million people's tables. It's insane. That's really sad. Both of you have done a great job in the past couple of years. (21:33–21:39)

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Asserts that 42 million people will not have food on their tables due to the government shutdown.

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