00:00The administration announced today that $18 billion bound for New York transportation projects is going to be frozen so it can't go to DEI programs there.
00:08But the timing of this, does announcing that today mean that you guys are going to squeeze Chuck Schumer's home state until he blinks?
00:17Look, I haven't talked to Russ about this this morning, but look, I'm sure that Russ is heartbroken about the fact that he's unable to give certain things to certain constituencies.
00:26We want to do everything that we can to help the American people.
00:30But when the Democrats shut down the government, we have to actually do a little triage to make sure the most critical and most essential services are provided.
00:39The government does a lot of things. Of course, Republicans think that the federal government probably does too much.
00:43But there are a lot of critical things the federal government does that absolutely all of us would agree need to do.
00:48Our troops need to get paid. Our air traffic controllers need to make sure that people are flying safely and on time.
00:54We need low income people to be able to access the food services that are provided by the federal government.
01:00There are critical things that need to be saved.
01:02We're going to do everything that we can over the coming weeks if the shutdown lasts that long to ensure that people get the essential services that they need,
01:11despite the fact that Chuck Schumer has shut down the federal government.
01:14It's not going to be perfect because we are in a government shutdown.
01:18We are going to have to lay some people off if the shutdown continues.
01:21We don't like that. We don't necessarily want to do it, but we're going to do what we have to to keep the American people's essential services continuing to run.
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