We're asking, and I think everybody in this room and everybody watching, listening to our voices this morning, should be hoping that he is finally now ready to go to work and end this shutdown and stop inflicting pain on the American people. Republicans have been working. We are ready. We've been doing this. It's been over a month now. We passed a responsible short term solution to keep the government open while we just simply finish our work to fund the government openly and transparently. (05:04–05:08)
CLAIM
Asserts that Republicans have been working and are ready to end the shutdown.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.