That makes me very happy that I never gave you a single penny to enrich your lifestyle, if you truly believe what that song stands for.

a promise to our dedicated civil servants, both those forced to the sidelines and those still hard at work without pay.

They can open the government any time they want. They can use the nuclear option in the Senate.

Once again we have broken a new record with the lowest number of Southwest border apprehensions in 55 years.

We should be doing appropriations. The House should be in session and continuing that work.

Those guys know what it means to stand up to freedom.

Look, Democrats, you created this mess. Republicans, you have no solutions.

I believe that we should pay our men and women in uniform and I support the effort of our members to make sure that takes place.

That’s what’s so special about law enforcement, is that they don’t pick and choose who they defend when they do their jobs.

Our end of year numbers prove it.

When it comes to the point where families are spending anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 a month and looking at hikes coming on their insurance premiums, I think that’s unforgivable.

The health insurance issue, it’s happening right now. These premiums are going to go up.

I am personally against the government shutdown. I really want to be doing appropriations.

It's my understanding that the law is that they would be paid. There is some other legal analysis that is floating around.

What I am upset over is my party has no solution.

Things are still stalled.

This network of Antifa is just as sophisticated as MS-13, as TDA [Tren de Aragua], as ISIS, as Hezbollah, as Hamas, as all of them.

This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.