I think that makes an awful lot of sense. I would like to see the law change so that air traffic controllers get paid whether there's a shutdown or not. And as you know, I voted multiple times for Ron Johnson's legislation that would pay all essential employees so that you don't have federal workers forced to come in and work, but not to get a paycheck. because that's what drives things like the sickouts and people not showing up. And so I think it would make perfect sense to have written as a matter of law … (04:17–04:29)
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