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Steve Scalise: “TSA workers... have gone 49% of this fiscal year without a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:57

And if you think this is the first time they've done it, they had a shutdown, a record shutdown just a few months earlier. And think about this statistic for those workers, TSA workers... have gone 49% of this fiscal year without a paycheck. paycheck. A TSA worker here in America has spent the last fiscal year 49% of that time they've gone without paying. It's disgraceful what Democrats keep doing. Two hard working families. (14:57–15:06)

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