… McClintock talked about, it enhances greatly the authority and ability of the President of the United States and through OMB and through his agencies to set policies for those agencies. Yes, during a shutdown, each agency has to tell the American people what is open, what is closed. And as we all know, that is different. Even within the same administration. One year it could be. This is. And it was politically tough. And they changed their shutdown plans to something else. So there is a lot of latitude for the President to make those decisions. Let me say to Senator Lankar, I represent approximately 77,000 federal employees. I feel their pain. I know their pain. (04:14–04:37)
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Asserts that during a shutdown, agencies must communicate closures, and the President has significant decision-making latitude.
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