Pelosi: President’s Insistence on a Wall ‘Is a Luxury the Country Can No Longer Afford’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT RAJU Aren ░░░░░░░░ you just trying to ░░░░░░░░ the president of a ░░░░░░░░ PELOSI Let s get ░░░░░░░░ date when government is ░░░░░░░░ Let s pay the ░░░░░░░░ He thinks it is ░░░░░░░░ not to pay people ░░░░░░░░ do work I don ░░░░░░░░ My caucus doesn t ░░░░░░░░ Before I issue the ░░░░░░░░ I have consulted with ░░░░░░░░ chair of the homeland ░░░░░░░░ committee He has worked ░░░░░░░░ hard and long on ░░░░░░░░ that relate to domestic ░░░░░░░░ And he agrees that ░░░░░░░░ should go for it ░░░░░░░░ this way It isn ░░░░░░░░ a question about being ░░░░░░░░ enough The question is ░░░░░░░░ should be paid As ░░░░░░░░ secretary of any agency ░░░░░░░░ person should be advocating ░░░░░░░░ her pl employees to ░░░░░░░░ paid instead of saying ░░░░░░░░ is OK to work ░░░░░░░░ pay REPORTER If the ░░░░░░░░ comes back to you ░░░░░░░░ says I want to ░░░░░░░░ the state of the ░░░░░░░░ at the capitol on ░░░░░░░░ date we agreed to ░░░░░░░░ will you do then ░░░░░░░░ We ll cross that ░░░░░░░░ when we come to ░░░░░░░░ We haven t heard ░░░░░░░░ silent more than 24 ░░░░░░░░ Have you heard We ░░░░░░░░ t heard REPORTER What ░░░░░░░░ the I know you ░░░░░░░░ concerns Considering how everybody ░░░░░░░░ so amped up about ░░░░░░░░ shutdown the president is ░░░░░░░░ up by not doing ░░░░░░░░ at this stage This ░░░░░░░░ really an effort to ░░░░░░░░ the temperature that nothing ░░░░░░░░ could potentially come from ░░░░░░░░ scene in the chamber ░░░░░░░░ might not be respectful ░░░░░░░░ you concerned about the ░░░░░░░░ getting too high in ░░░░░░░░ room PELOSI I m ░░░░░░░░ about people not having ░░░░░░░░ in their homes Have ░░░░░░░░ heard the stories of ░░░░░░░░ young woman newly waged ░░░░░░░░ came home She was ░░░░░░░░ She is diabetic she ░░░░░░░░ three vials left She ░░░░░░░░ t know what she ░░░░░░░░ going to do She ░░░░░░░░ hopefully the government will ░░░░░░░░ again It didn t ░░░░░░░░ she is not taking ░░░░░░░░ that she needed for ░░░░░░░░ diabetes And she even ░░░░░░░░ sometimes when she would ░░░░░░░░ to sleep she thought ░░░░░░░░ would be easier not ░░░░░░░░ wake up because she ░░░░░░░░ t take her medicine ░░░░░░░░ to face the fact ░░░░░░░░ she wasn t having ░░░░░░░░ paycheck and couldn t ░░░░░░░░ her medicine The father ░░░░░░░░ has a child who ░░░░░░░░ born needing an operation ░░░░░░░░ couldn t get on ░░░░░░░░ the health insurance program ░░░░░░░░ government was shutdown The ░░░░░░░░ goes on and on ░░░░░░░░ s the heat that ░░░░░░░░ want to lower the ░░░░░░░░ in the lives in ░░░░░░░░ American people to convey ░░░░░░░░ story storm that is ░░░░░░░░ on all over the ░░░░░░░░ and we want to ░░░░░░░░ the reality of this ░░░░░░░░ policy in the lives ░░░░░░░░ these workers And it ░░░░░░░░ not just although it ░░░░░░░░ a stunning number 800 ░░░░░░░░ We care about that ░░░░░░░░ But we care about ░░░░░░░░ and every family that ░░░░░░░░ affected And it goes ░░░░░░░░ those employees into our ░░░░░░░░ Even the president s ░░░░░░░░ people are saying that ░░░░░░░░ will not grow as ░░░░░░░░ as this shutdown is ░░░░░░░░ And that means that ░░░░░░░░ president s insistence is ░░░░░░░░ luxury the country insistence ░░░░░░░░ the wall is a ░░░░░░░░ the country can no ░░░░░░░░ afford.”