Chuck Schumer Segment
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Let me explain. A shutdown would shut down all government agencies and it would solely be up to Trump and Doge and Musk what to open again because they could determine what was essential. So their goal of shutting down, of defamating Trump the whole federal government of cutting agency after agency after agency would occur under a shutdown. It would be devastating.
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Two days from now on a shutdown, they could say, well, snap, food stamps for kids is not essential. It's gone. All veterans offices in rural areas are gone. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, they're not essential. We're cutting them back.