The prospect of government shutdowns are taken extremely seriously. This is why when we have Democratic majorities, we work very hard to ensure that government shutdowns don't happen. The last time we had a very serious government shutdown was during the Trump administration. where that shutdown lasted a very long time. It was, in fact, the year that I was sworn in. It was the first time in history that a new Congress was sworn in to a shutdown government. (50:47–50:58)
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