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Veronica Escobar: “The president who signed that law, Donald Trump.”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Veronica Escobar speaks on government shutdown impact in El Paso

Published | Video Starts at 07:20

I was sworn in and we flipped the House control of the House. And when the government reopened, we passed, passed a law to guarantee that federal employees would get paid once the government reopened. The president who signed that law, Donald Trump. so he is, he is going to continue to float all sorts of crazy threats. We will stand up to him every single time. (07:20–07:24)

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Asserts that Donald Trump signed the law ensuring federal employees are paid post-shutdown.

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