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Ted Cruz: “John was pressing for a resolution that says if there's a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 27:33

Now, we actually had a delay because John Kennedy, who's a good friend of mine, was put. In fact, he's been on the podcast just a week ago. Just a week ago, yeah. John was pressing for a resolution that says if there's a shutdown, Senators will not be paid so long as federal workers are not being paid. And as you know, I voluntarily did that. So I have not taken a paycheck for the entire length of this, this shutdown. (27:33–27:45)

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States that a resolution was proposed to withhold Senators' pay during a shutdown.

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