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Tom Cole: “In the first shutdown, we sent Senate Democrats what they…”

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

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Rep. Cole's Weekly Chat | Week of 2.9.26

Published | Video Starts at 12:04

It's actually Senate Democrats, particularly our minority leader Schumer, that is just consistently breaking his word. Again, this has happened to us twice. You know, In the first shutdown, we sent Senate Democrats what they asked for. They asked for a short term continuing resolution to continue negotiating bills. We agreed. They asked for what's called a clean continuing resolution or cr, which is what we sent them. (12:04–12:09)

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Asserts that during the first shutdown, Senate Democrats received what they requested.

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