John Thune: “We are going to keep voting to open up the government.”

“We are. This is now the longest full shutdown in history. But everybody here has voted now 11 different times to open up the government. And We are going to keep voting to open up the government. And eventually the Democrats, hopefully, sooner or later are going to come around. But, Mr. President, your agenda is the right one for this country. This is your team.” (43:15–43:18)

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