They had the House, the Senate, the White House. They shut down the government. I was sworn in and we flipped the House control of the House. And when the government reopened, We 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. (07:10–07:21)
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Asserts that a law was passed to ensure federal employees receive pay after a government shutdown.
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