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John Curtis: “Shutdowns are a terrible way to reach your objective.”

Featuring: John Curtis, Republican | U.S. Senate Utah

Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations

Published March 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 16:36

So I'm not sure which would be. Listen, I don't know how it could be more clear. Shutdowns are a terrible way to reach your objective. Right. So if that is your objective, come to the legislative table and let's get it done through the process. (16:36–16:39)

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Asserts that shutdowns are an ineffective method for achieving objectives.

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“Utah does not allow gambling in any form.”
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“We're not banning sports betting. We're just simply putting it in the right places to be regulated.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 00:39-00:45
“Revenue is a piece of it, but a much larger piece is who should be regulating this, where that authority lies.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 02:19-02:26
“If it acts like gambling, if it's toxic gambling, it is gambling.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 02:33-02:39
“There's a lot of momentum on both sides of the aisle on this.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 05:04-05:09
“I think those areas of disagreement are getting narrower and narrower.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 06:30-06:34
“I know our colleagues are working hard and spending a lot of hours on this [potential deal].”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 07:16-07:21
“I think this is a false narrative. They can't because the false narrative is that you can't have rule of law and compassion.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 09:34-09:42
“Rule of law is not a sanctuary city.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 10:05-10:08
“We have to have rule of law in this country. But compassion with that rule and law is not a mutually exclusive idea.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 10:28-10:36
“It wasn't compassionate to encourage those people to come into our country undocumented and be subject to cartels garnishing their wages.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 10:52-11:00
“We continue to allow these people to be here, but we haven't defined what their consequence is.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 11:41-11:47
“Any other crime that's committed here in our country, we define what the punishment is, and we've failed to do that in this case [of…”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 12:08-12:14
“I've been here for eight years. I've seen more shutdowns than I can count. Not a single one of them has produced the results it was intended…”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 15:26-15:34
“Shutdowns are bad. We punish the wrong people. And who we should be punishing are members of Congress.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 15:33-15:41
“A lot of the objectives that are trying to reach through shutdowns, whether it's Republican shutdown or Democrat shutdown, should be reached…”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 15:44-15:54
“I've never seen one [shutdown] that's been productive or accomplished its goal.”
Sens. Schiff and Curtis on the Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, state of DHS negotiations | Uploaded March 25, 2026 | 15:55-16:00