Ted Cruz
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Those departments are funding.
So AG, the Department of Agriculture, is funded.
And so everything that goes through AG is funded.
CJS, Commerce, Justice and Science, that is funded.
Energy is funded.
Water is funded.
Interior, Environment, Ledge Branch, Military Construction and the VA, all of those are funded.
So the shutdown will not impact any of those.
So what would a shutdown impact?
It would impact defense, the Department of War.
It would impact the Department of Labor.
It would impact HHS.
It would impact the Department of Education.
It would impact the Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.
It would impact the SEC, the FCC, the independent agencies.
And it would impact DHS, the Department of Homeland Security, and ICE directly under that.
And I think you're going to see the Democrats force a shutdown.
And actually, you don't have to take my words for it.
Here, let me read for you what Schumer tweeted out to the world.
He said, quote,