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Tom Cole: “Democratic leadership is being incredibly unreasonable…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 30:06

And it will take care of paying people and providing essential services to the country and keep it secure and functional. That's not too much to ask. And unfortunately, we're in a situation now where we think Democratic leadership is being incredibly unreasonable. They're demanding things that they don't have the votes to achieve, and they're holding the government hostage. They're putting the security, the safety, you know, the American people at work. I mean, we always think about people in uniform, but how safe are you if there's not … (30:06–30:15)

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Asserts that Democratic leadership is making unreasonable demands without sufficient votes and is holding the government hostage.

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