Many of our young, particularly enlisted men and women are living on very limited budgets and not getting a paycheck is a real hardship for them. Now, I will say the latter has not happened because President Trump has done something that I don't think has ever happened in a previous shutdown, which is he has readjusted money that was going to other expenses within the Department of War. He's shifted it around, around to an account to pay our servicemen and women. I'm grateful that he did so. It really is quite striking that the Democrats, multiple Democrats are expressing dismay. (04:28–04:39)
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Asserts that President Trump took unprecedented action during the shutdown to pay military personnel.
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