Let’s be clear: the jobs data scheduled to come out this Friday has undoubtedly been collected and the President must release it.

Americans see it clearly: They know Trump governs by chaos and welcomes this shutdown — and that Republicans are following his orders to maximize pain. That cruelty is already backfiring.

I’m all about getting it back open again. I think shutdowns are— nobody wins, and I think honestly, for the most part, they’re stupid.

They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to vote to keep, to open up the government.

Tom, let's come back to the basic premise: This is avoidable.

I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.

When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs.

And they’re gonna be Democrats.

That are bad for them and are irreversible by them: like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like.

We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible for them, that are bad for them and irreversible by them

a lot of good can come down from shutdowns

So, we’d be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected.

We can do things during a shutdown that are irreversible.

Minutes before the news of these cancelled projects broke, I had just left lunch with [Energy] Secretary [Chris] Wright and he had neither the courtesy nor the care to mention that this was coming.

Drug cartels are despicable and must be dealt with by law enforcement. But now, by the President’s own words, the U.S. military is engaged in armed conflict with undefined enemies he has unilaterally labeled ‘unlawful combatants,’ and he…

The American people deserve a government that works for them, not one that plays politics with their lives.

getting relief for people who’ve been hit by our health care wrecking ball.

I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.