On the recordMarch 11, 2025
If you shut it down, you will impact and hurt millions and millions and millions of Americans, and you run the risk of slipping us into a recession or even all kinds of other things.
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transcripts.cnn.comJohn Fetterman: “If you shut it down, you will impact and hurt millions and millions and millions of Americans, and you run the risk of…”
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John Fetterman warns against the consequences of a government shutdown and its potential impact on Americans.
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