Tom Emmer: “Earlier this week, our entire Minnesota Republican…”

“And every single person in this room should be holding Chuck Schumer accountable for his words. Unfortunately, Minnesota's two senators continue to follow Chuck Schumer off the end of the political pier with their needless shutdown. Earlier this week, our entire Minnesota Republican Congressional delegation sent a letter to Senators Smith and Klobuchar urging that they please do the right and responsible thing by passing the House's nonpartisan clean CR. and end the massive amount of pain that they're inflicting on Minnesotans and the American people. Our message today is still the same and it's not going to change.” (16:55–17:17)

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