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These are the decisions of life and survival that these controllers have to make.

We will stop traffic. So we're not going to let that happen.

Let's open the government up. Let's pay these people, these young controllers.

I personally don’t have a problem with it.

We are forcing about 2.8 million federal workers to work. Military, law enforcement, people who write Social Security checks, air traffic controllers, keeping our skies safe.

It's not moving as many flights as possible, it's moving as many flights as possible safely.

Well, I don't want my air traffic controllers to take a second job — I want them to do one job.

If you have a controller that's working six days a week, but has to think about, 'How am I going to pay the mortgage, how am I going to make the car payment, how am I going to put food on my kids' table,' they have to make choices.

Passing it by unanimous consent is not the way to get it done.

Thank you. Senator Merkley, you and I are both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. I have a question for you about how critical a functioning Congress and a functioning appropriations process is to our separation of powers, our…

California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America’s road.

California is the only state in the nation that refuses to ensure big rig drivers can read our road signs and communicate with law enforcement. This is a fundamental safety issue that impacts you and your family on America’s road.

Right now, it is the critical issue facing our country.

There are chinks in their armor right now.

Our priorities are safety, and so if we have additional calls, we will reduce the flow consistent with a rate that's safe for the American people.

We're tracking sick calls, sick leave. And have we had a slight tick up in sick calls? Yes.

Our message is clear: end the shutdown.

We do not have the luxury of time.