But Mr. McClintock, Congressman McClintock, you just said what I think is the real issue and you said that no legislation or rule can replace political will. Correct. Let me speak just a little bit about political will. Ronald Reagan was president for eight years. Bush was president for four thereafter. We had 12 years. We essentially had eight days of shutdown or 12 days, eight years of Reagan, one and a half day average shutdown. Why? Because the political will of the President and the political will of the Congress was to reach agreement that does not now exist. (00:53–01:16)
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Asserts that during Reagan and Bush's 12 years, there were minimal government shutdowns.
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