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

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.

I just came from the Senate floor, where I took one of the most difficult votes I’ve taken since I’ve been in the Senate.

if the government shuts down, it is on the Senate Democrats.

Don't laugh, you're not allowed to do that.

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

I love my signature. I really do. Everyone loves my signature.

Vote to open up the government, that issue goes away, right?

Democrats are well aware of the damage of a government shutdown.

As of this morning, critical federal employees including members of the military, Border Patrol agents and air traffic controllers are working without pay.

I don’t think shutdowns benefit anybody, least of all the American people.

This Democrat shutdown is actually delaying progress on the issues that Democrats claim to be interested in.

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 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.

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.

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.

I guess we reached a deal with Harvard today.

They’re going to be teaching people how to do AI and lots of other things — engines, lots of things.