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Steve Scalise: “It's Republicans who are voting yes and it's Democrats who…”

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 34 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 16:37

There is a vote you can go look at every day that they've taken that vote that would have Opened the government fully funded SNAP or shut it down. And It's Republicans who are voting yes and it's Democrats who are voting no [on votes to fully fund SNAP]. And Chuck Schumer's been leading that charge. And then he votes no to kill the SNAP program to create tremendous uncertainty, to create millions of hungry Americans. (16:37–16:42)

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Asserts that Republicans vote to fund SNAP while Democrats vote against it.

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