This shutdown is happening because Republicans are desperate to protect their billionaire tax cut.

(Four) million Americans will lose health care if Republicans get their way.

The stars are aligned in a way that has not been available. And I think the Israeli government, the Netanyahu government, needs to seize this moment and make some of its own reforms.

We have to build a new transitional authority for the Palestinians, but the Israeli government also has to make some hard decisions in order to take advantage of this change in circumstances.

It’s a really significant first step, and I really commend President Trump and his administration, as well as Arab leaders in the region, for making the commitment to the 20-point plan and seeing a path forward for what’s often called the…

I have no confidence that Hamas is in any way reformed or, you know, ready to look for a better future for the people of Gaza or the Palestinians as a whole.

Without stronger oversight and real accountability, these contractors are just going to get a jumbo windfall for creating systems that actually harm Americans trying to get health care.

They're essentially health care middlemen that are in the business of red tape, and they profit when Americans don't get health care.

It’s a black eye for the country. ... It should get them to the table.

This is deliberate chaos.

Let’s be blunt: nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this.

It’s time for them to get a backbone.

This is nothing new, and no one should be intimidated by these crooks.

The shutdown does not give Trump or Vought new, special powers to lay off workers.

They don’t have to do it; they want to.

We’re going to continue working.

I have a lot of confidence in the members on both sides of the aisle who are working hard to ensure that this stays a top priority, but I think anytime, obviously, the government is shut down, we know that infrastructure projects are…

Let's now support this process and bring it together, not just in a nonpartisan way in our own country, but literally internationally as a great global commitment to try to bring peace, security, stability and a better future to the Middle…