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Steve Scalise: “President Trump was able to stave off for a few more weeks…”

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

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But over and over again, we're gonna keep talking about the damage that Chuck Schumer's actions in shutting down the government are causing on real people, our men and women in uniform. Yes, President Trump was able to stave off for a few more weeks by finding money to pay for them. But as Chairman Rogers pointed out, that account's about to go dry. But there are other federal employees that were not able to get paid just in this most recent pay schedule. (17:15–17:23)

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