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Ted Cruz: “Federal employees who haven't gotten paychecks now for 44…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 00:52

And once it's signed, the funding has returned. Now, it will take a little bit of time. I don't know how quickly paychecks will process. So for the Federal employees who haven't gotten paychecks now for 44 days, they would really like their paychecks. And I'll tell you, there are a lot of places, like I'll give you an example, Capitol Hill. There are a lot of people on Capitol Hill, staffers who have not gotten paid, Capitol Police that have not gotten paid. (00:52–01:01)

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Asserts that federal employees have not received paychecks for 44 days.

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