Mr. President, we are 37 days into an entirely avoidable government shutdown. And I say avoidable, Mr. President, because it was Democrats instigated this shutdown by rejecting a clean, nonpartisan funding resolution. Republicans weren't asking them to swallow a bunch of new conservative policies. There isn't a single partisan policy in the bill. And yet Democrats couldn't bring themselves to take yes for an answer. (00:10–00:19)
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Asserts that Democrats caused the government shutdown by rejecting a funding resolution.
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