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Steve Scalise: “It's not just 100,000 workers at the Department of Homeland…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:55

This is how far the Democrat Party has gone off the rails. They are a party that has lost their way and millions of people are suffering. It's not just 100,000 workers at the Department of Homeland Security that are working without pay. It's the millions of Americans who are having flights canceled, who are showing up at an airport, waiting in a parking garage in a line that's going to be over three hours long. (16:55–17:01)

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Asserts that 100,000 Department of Homeland Security workers are working without pay.

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