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On the recordJune 23, 2021
I would like to remind my colleagues about the 35-day-long government shutdown from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019.
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Brenda Lawrence
Democratic · Michigan

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Lawrence recalls the impact of the government shutdown on Federal employees.

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