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Have been furloughed or forced to work without pay. with each passing day, the real world consequences are mounting with some workers facing the risk of losing their homes or being unable to pay for medical treatments. joining me now is maryland democratic congressman anthony brown. congressman brown, thank you so much for being here in morning. i think we have you. oh, good. i think we re having some technical difficulties. let me try again. are you here with me, congressman brown? not hearing anything. okay. we re not getting congressman brown? do we have you? do we have him? no? let s go to a break and we ll be right back. t s go to a break ane right back ....
Then take them again? the only thing i agree with in what he said is the president ought to open up the federal government now. we should not be negotiating or discussing border security because that s what president trump s call for a border wall is, it s part of a larger conversation on border security. we shouldn t be doing that in the context of a government shutdown. open the government. workers at the agriculture department, the interior department, the irs, they have very little if anything to do with border security. so open up those agencies and then let s have a comprehensive discussion about how we fix our immigration system, including border security. we understand from the baltimore sun that congress approves back pay for federal government once the government is reopened. you also have the maryland unemployment insurance requests now topping 2,550 applications related to the shutdown through thursday, more than double of a ....
just for a moment, that was a united states senator saying that donald trump should reopen the government for just three weeks and then take the hostages again or do an emergency order if he doesn t get the money for the wall that mexico is supposed to pay for. that is extraordinary. wow. all right, well, donald trump and the riepublicans are refusig to back down from the demand that you, you, the taxpayer, pay for a wall that donald trump promised mexico would pay for. even though knew polling shows most americans blame team trump for the shutdown, the longest in u.s. history, they are not quitting. joining me maryland congressman anthony brown. congressman brown, do we have you now? i m on with you this morning, joy. excellent. we had a little bit of technical difficulties earlier. we appreciate you coming back. can you just give me your reaction to listening to a united states senator who has been urging donald trump to use emergency powers that would essentially sideline his ....