"Do you think that they should all be getting back pay? JORDAN: Well, I think people who are working, certainly. I mean the way, you know, people who are furloughed, who aren't essential, I think that's a different question. But the way to solve this is for Chuck Schumer to open the government, for Chuck Schumer to vote for what he did, six months ago, and then you don't have you don't have to deal with this question."
"But where I come from, if the truck driver is not driving a truck, he doesn't get paid. If the guy who hangs drywall is not hanging drywall, he doesn't get paid. So, I think that's a different question than certainly, the people who are working every day, during this shutdown caused by Chuck Schumer. But the question is moot, if Chuck Schumer would simply do what he did, six months ago,"
Kaitlan Collins pressed Rep. Jim Jordan about President Trump's threat to withhold back pay for furloughed federal workers during a government shutdown. Collins noted a leaked White House memo and asked whether workers should receive back pay. Jordan distinguished between working and furloughed nonessential employees and urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to reopen the government, arguing nonworking private-sector workers do not get paid. Collins cited a 2019 law that Jordan voted for and Trump signed which guarantees back pay. Jordan tacitly admitted that the president lacks authority to withhold back pay under current law.
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