I think there is a wide sense of betrayal if things proceed as currently planned.

Restoring law and order starts with respecting the Rule of Law itself and the sacredness of our Constitution.

We have a fascist, right-wing dictator in the White House.

Musk can use the shutdown to target 'furloughed' employees as useless, and lay them off.

Musk has told everybody he wants a shutdown because he knows it will help him achieve his horrible goal of just decimating the federal government from one end to the other.

Clearly, this is a Hobson’s choice. The CR is a bad bill. But as bad as the CR is, I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.

Clearly, this is a Hobson’s choice; the CR is a bad bill. But as bad as the CR is, I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.

If we go into a shutdown, and I told my caucus this, there’s no off-ramp.

But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.

I believe it is the best way to minimize the harm that the Trump administration will do to the American people.

There are no winners in a government shutdown. It’s not really a decision, it’s a Hobson’s choice: Either proceed with the bill before us or risk Donald Trump throwing America into the chaos of a shutdown.

A shutdown would be the best distraction Donald Trump could ask for from his awful agenda.

a government shutdown would give Trump 'more power.'

For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn’t address far too many of this country’s needs.

If we go into a shutdown — and I told my caucus this — there’s no off-ramp.

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Dr. King once made the observation that, although everyone may not see it at the moment, the time is always right to do what’s right.