It changes things immediately. And leadership climate is set from the top.

No one has to carry out orders that violate the law.

'You know, I'm being deployed to a city or, you know, inside the United States, or I'm being asked to conduct strikes in the Mediterranean. And I don't understand ... like how this is legal?'

I would hope that people of all backgrounds — Democrat, Republican, Independent — would agree that threatening death for people you disagree with is beyond the pale of who we are as Americans.

This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens.

Very good. This is what happened. Let's be clear. What the law does is that a group of folks can get over half a million dollars for records that were obtained. They were obtained as part of a legitimate criminal investigation. It is…

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we know that our families can't afford the basics right now. Their electricity and gas bills are out of control. Their water bills are out of control. Don't get me started about their auto and home insurance. It is all out of control…

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I always said it's got to do something concrete on health care.

I’m willing to compromise, but our Republican colleagues have to be willing to compromise, too.

I’m willing to compromise. But our Republican colleagues have to be willing to compromise, too.

The places where we’ve looked at these kinds of things are places like China.

I want to pay Federal employees. That is why I have the bill that is on the floor right now that I am trying to move. It will pay Federal employees. It will pay contractors as well. But everybody who is being shorted right now should be…

I deeply appreciate that Senator Johnson has updated his proposal to pay all Federal employees during the shutdown, to include furloughed workers as well as DC employees. I appreciate all his efforts. I have worked on a number of bills…

Republicans have repeatedly said that they will not negotiate reforms to the healthcare law credits until the government reopens. I will tell you right now that all my colleagues on this side of the aisle definitely want to open…

We have to make sure we have a deal that we can get broad support for.

I want to pay them. Labor unions support my bill too--no surprise. They are getting paid. And that is why I have introduced this. This is not a political game. I hope we get this shutdown open. I hope we are able to find common ground and…