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Tom Emmer: “If Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had things their way…”

Featuring: Tom Emmer, Republican | Majority Whip, U.S. House, Minnesota's 6th District

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 15 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 27:20

We're going to continue to fight for freedom. We're going to continue fighting to open the this government, do our jobs in the whip of our conference is my friend Tom Emmer. If Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had things their way, more than 1 million service members would not get paid today. Thankfully, our commander in chief stepped up where the Democrats have refused by reallocating funds to ensure our troops receive their hard earned paychecks. (27:20–27:28)

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Asserts that over 1 million service members would not be paid if Democrats had their way.

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