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

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

Instead of playing politics with the shutdown, President Trump should be working on bipartisan solutions to lower Americans' costs and create jobs.

Standing up to (Trump) on this is sending a message to him on those other issues as well.

I have been in intensive conversations with colleagues from both sides of the aisle on how to find a path forward and I’m eager to work with my Republican colleagues to find common ground.

The president has a lot of levers he could pull. This is one we could pull, but why would we pull that lever? Because that allows him to pull a lot more levers.

We should be working on bipartisan solutions to address a living health care crisis.

the shutdown could go away very quickly.

Democrats run most of the cities that are in bad shape. What they’ve done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles—they’re very unsafe places. And we’re going to straighten them out one by one. And this is going to be a major part…

I’m concerned about Americans’ health care.

As Donald Trump’s lawlessness grows during this shutdown, our spines should stiffen, not bend.

This administration doesn’t care about Nevadans, but I do. That’s why I cannot support a costly shutdown that would hurt Nevada families and hand even more power to this reckless administration.

It's the exact message that he wants to send, which is you're not welcome here. They've been trying to basically push out any diversity in our military, which actually makes our military less capable, less ready to defend Americans.

Republicans have until midnight to cut the garbage and get serious.

I’ve been very amazed at the comments I’ve got from federal workers who are saying they’ve been terrorized enough, they want us to push back.

The irony, the paradox is by shutting the government, we’re actually giving Trump more power. And that was why I voted yes.

Obstructing these projects is stupid and counterproductive because they create tens of thousands of great jobs and are essential for a strong regional and national economy.

Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, honestly, I do wish that, because I believe in the Christian gospel and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way.