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Steve Scalise: “People waiting hours and hours at my airport, home airport…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 13:47

And it's a sad moment that we're up here still talking about the fact that the Democrats continue to shut down the Department of Homeland Security. We've given them multiple opportunities to do the right thing. When you see lines at every airport, People waiting hours and hours at my airport, home airport in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong International. you've got people sleeping overnight the night before flights so that they can have a chance of making their flight. And for what? (13:47–13:56)

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Asserts that there are long wait times at Louis Armstrong International Airport due to the shutdown.

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