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'Profoundly Embarrassing': John Cornyn Blames Schumer, Dems For Senate Gridlock As Shutdown Goes On

Published October 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:08

The Senator from Texas. Madam President, are we on a quorum call? We are not. Madam President. It's been six days since Senate Democrats have shut down the federal government by blocking a clean continuing resolution. as it's called around here, a stopgap spending bill that would take us to November 21st to provide enough time to try to work out appropriations bills for full year … (00:08–00:15)

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Asserts that Senate Democrats are responsible for the government shutdown by blocking a funding bill.

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“We voted for, I think, 13 separate continuing resolutions [when President Biden was in office].”
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“The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Texas has 3,000 employees, but is expected to furlough about 70% of them.”
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“6 out of 10 Americans live paycheck to paycheck.”
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“Border Patrol agents have processed millions of illegal aliens flooding into the United States courtesy of President Biden.”
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“Democrats want to take away a $50 billion rural hospital stabilization fund.”
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“Texas boasts 3.2 million acres of federally operated public lands.”
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“The House of Representatives has already passed [the continuing resolution].”
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“Reopen the government is for five Democrats to join three other Democrats and Republicans to vote.”
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“This will have a particularly serious impact on our military and Department of Homeland Security personnel.”
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“Customs and Border Protection, all of them are expected to continue reporting for duty during a government shutdown.”
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“Senate Democrats are telling [border security personnel], you're not going to get paid.”
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“We said no more free health care for illegal aliens.”
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“Democrats want to restore that free health care to illegal aliens.”
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“Senate Democrats refuse to give up on their partisan pipe dreams.”
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“FEMA employees...are also expected to continue to be working without paid during hurricane season.”
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“The hiring and training of any new air traffic controllers...will stop during the time the federal government shut down.”
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“My constituents, roughly 32 million Americans, like all Americans, have to pay the price because of this completely unnecessary government…”
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“Democrats voted no [to reopen the government] after the last time we voted to reopen the government.”
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“Being unable to pass a bill to fund the government, to keep the lights on and keep government employees paid, that strikes me as a threat to…”
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“Senate Democrats have long preached the virtues of bipartisanship, especially when it comes to avoiding government shutdowns.”
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“All our colleagues need to do when we vote here shortly is to vote for a clean continuing resolution and all of this can be reversed.”
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“Democrats have an opportunity to vote with Republicans to pass a clean continuing resolution as they have at many times in the past.”
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