01/15/2001
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"It is wrong for them to shut the Government down again just before Christmas."
"We're going to keep working, trying to reach as much agreement among ourselves as possible."
"The Republican plan would raise taxes for over 7 million of our hardest pressed working families."
"So for them to cause a shutdown, denying Americans the services their tax dollars support, as a tactic in the budget debate is wrong."