… doing appropriations bills, or worse yet, as a cover for trying to shut the government down, that is an argument that's not going to be sustainable. And so, you know, If we end up with a Schumer shutdown at the end of the year, the Democrats are going to own that. In the meantime, we're going to do everything we can to try and move the appropriations process forward, which is why we called up and put on the floor the Milcon VA appropriations bill last week. (01:47–01:52)
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