Tom Cole: “230,000 Americans, roughly in Homeland Security, 95% of whom…”

“You know, sooner or later, I would hope Democrats just take yes for an answer. There have been a lot of the changes made. So the idea of keeping people at work without paying. 230,000Americans, 230,000 Americans, roughly in Homeland Security, 95% of whom were deemed essential. Everything from the Coast Guard to the Secret Service to FEMA to what's called cisa, which is our Cyber Control and Cyber Defense agency.” (02:23–02:31)

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