One of the witnesses, Mark Zandi, who was an economic adviser to Senator McCain in his campaign, testified about how already just with the shutdown we've seen about a .5 percent decrease in domestic product growth.
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Klobuchar cites Zandi's testimony on the economic impact of the government shutdown.
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