Why not at least start talks with Democrats to try at least to begin to find compromise for their sake? Well, I mean, I think the simple thing here is to reopen the government. We've put forward six times now and will be seven. A very simple open the government, no strings attached, just till the 21st of November. And then once the government's open, we could begin negotiating on health care or whatever appropriations bills we need to move forward. (00:34–00:43)
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