Let's start on the government shutdown now, the longest in U.S. history. Leader Jeffries, do you believe that your colleagues in the Senate are close to reaching a deal and ending this shutdown? Well, We need to end the Trump Republican shutdown, the longest shutdown, of course, in American history. And as Democrats, we've repeatedly maintained that we will sit down anytime, anyplace, with anyone in order to reopen the government to find a bipartisan path forward to enacting a spending agreement that actually meets the needs of the American people. (00:26–00:32)
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