Now, number two, just about every one of those Democrats, they're getting paychecks under the 28th Amendment of the Constitution. Members of Congress's compensation cannot change during their term in office. So they're all taking their paycheck. Now, I and many other Republicans have sent a letter to the Secretary of The Senate saying, do not pay me. Do not deposit my check into my bank account until this shutdown is over. I'm not going to be paid until every soldier and sailor and airman and marine is paid, until federal employees are paid. (02:21–02:27)
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Claims that he and other Republicans have requested not to be paid during the shutdown.
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