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Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Ms. Hirono are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are in a quorum call. Ms. Hirono i i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Hirono mr. President , when donald trump was a private citizen during the last Government Shutdown, he said, and i quote, problems start from the to be, and they have to get solved from the top. And the president is the leader and hes got to get everybody in a room and hes got to lead. Thats what donald trump said when he was citizen trump. He is now the president. Now that hes the president , he has those shoes to wear, he refuses to step into them and step up. The only person to have actually said maybe we need a good shut downis President Trump. Although i have to say recently, the office of management and budget director Mick Mulvaney also said it was cool to shut down the government. Unbelievable, definitel
The senate. Here are senators from earlier this evening, talking about the Government Shutdown. There are a lot of americans who do not understand what is happening right now. Republicans asked for control of the United States senate. They asked for control of the house of representatives and the white house. They got all three. They promised that by doing so, they would be able to more effectively manage the affairs of state. That is clearly not happening right now. To governn inability as we are shutdown for the second day. Tomorrow is an important day. Despite the fact that we have made some progress on friday in orders floor thatach an agreement republicans and democrats can support. I am here with several of my colleagues to make some simple request of the United States senate. If we are really adults and will operate like grownups, we need to be true, responsible stewards of the government and keep the government open for a very short period of time while we negotiate a way out o
Actions by ending this illconceived Government Shutdown with a vote tonight. I yield theer the senator from ohio. Mr. Portman mr. President , tonight i want to talk about our responsibility here in the United States senate to reopen the government, to get back to work solving real problems and fixing the system so we arent tempted to play political games with Government Shutdowns in the future. Were now in the second day of what i think is a senseless shutdown. Its not helping anybody. A lot of disruption, dislocation, dysfunction for no reason. The situation was perhaps best described by democratic leader shuck schumer in 2013 when he said Chuck Schumer in 2013 when he said and i quote, look, i believe in immigration reform. What i persuaded my caucus that im going to shut the government down and im not going to pay our bills unless i get my way. Its a politics of idiocy, of confrontation, of paralysis. End quote. I think Chuck Schumer was right. By the way, i think the lesson of 2013
Tonight i want to talk about our responsibility here in the United States senate to reopen the government, to get back to work solving real problems and fixing the system so we arent tempted to play political games with government shutdowns in the future. Were now in the second day of what i think is a senseless shutdown. Its not helping anybody. A lot of disruption, dislocation, dysfunction for no reason. The situation was perhaps best described by democratic leader shuck schumer in 2013 when he said Chuck Schumer in 2013 when he said and i quote, look, i believe in immigration reform. What i persuaded my caucus that im going to shut the government down and im not going to pay our bills unless i get my way. Its a politics of idiocy, of confrontation, of paralysis. End quote. I think Chuck Schumer was right. By the way, i think the lesson of 2013 and that shutdown is that they dont work. I think they are a bad idea. They are unnecessary disruptions. They hurt ow economy. They hurt our