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Ted Cruz: “Millions of federal government employees are not getting a…”

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

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Texas Republican U.S. Senator Cruz talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing

Published | Video Starts at 08:39

If you care about medical research, things like the NIH's funding for cancer research, all of that is frozen while the government is shut down. And Millions of federal government employees are not getting a paycheck [during the shutdown]. They're showing up to work, but they're not getting paid. This will continue until the Democrats decide to stop blocking funding for the government. (08:39–08:44)

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Asserts that millions of federal employees are not paid during the shutdown.

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