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Steve Scalise: “There are other federal employees that were not able to get…”

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

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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. And my local media outlet, WWL tv, just did a story today that went live about the consequences to those federal employees. We're talking about thousands of people just in southeast Louisiana. (17:26–17:35)

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Asserts that some federal employees missed their recent paychecks.

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