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(NewsNation) — A 16-year air postulation controller took lawmakers to task astir his concerns implicit however agelong the government shutdown volition last.
Jack Chris, an assemblage subordinate astatine the NewsNation Town Hall, said erstwhile helium gets disconnected work, helium is driving for DoorDash conscionable to wage for his daughter's tuition. He besides said he's been done the erstwhile shutdowns nether President Trump successful his archetypal term, and erstwhile Barack Obama was successful office.
"This is not a game," said Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., astir Chris' concerns. "It's not. There are radical similar you who aren't going to get paid."
The authorities shutdown is entering its 3rd week aft Democrats and Republicans couldn't scope a woody connected backing to support it open. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the shutdown whitethorn go the longest successful history, saying helium “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they deed intermission connected their wellness attraction demands and reopen.
"There are troops," Khanna added. "I was talking to the ma of idiosyncratic who served successful the Army and she didn't cognize until the president figured retired however to jigger the funds whether she was going to beryllium capable to wage for her kids' groceries."
Goverment shutdown whitethorn past longer than erstwhile times: Rep. Madeleine Dean
Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., expanded connected Khanna's remarks to Chris, saying she does judge the shutdown tin spell longer than erstwhile ones.
"I was sworn successful during the longest shutdown successful authorities past nether the Trump administration one," she said, "35 days, I met with aerial postulation controllers. They were doing store sales, selling worldly retired of their houses to marque definite they could provender their families. It is perfectly irresponsible."
"Why are the Republicans not present negotiating? You (Republicans) person a work to govern. You person the trifecta. You’re failing to govern."
'Don't deliberation Washington knows however ticked disconnected we are': Stephen A. Smith
Another panelist connected the discussion, Stephen A. Smith, said that Chris is the cleanable illustration of wherefore truthful galore citizens are upset with the shutdown.
"This is wherefore you person truthful galore Americans, excuse my language, truthful pissed disconnected astatine Washington, due to the fact that somehow, immoderate mode you get to person these conversations, prosecute successful circumstantial elements of it, to speech astir what we request to bash to get things better," Smith said.
"Our indebtedness is $37.8 trillion. Somehow, immoderate way, the payer has been paying this, been throwing money, due to the fact that we each look astatine our cheque and it's been going to the authorities and you're expected to beryllium doing thing constructive and productive capable to marque definite that we don't person that benignant of deficit. It isn't happening."
