Katherine Clark: “Thank you for being here, Mr. Secretary.”

I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for yielding. Republicans made a promise to the American people. We are going to build a stronger economy, we are going to lower costs, and we are going to have safer communities. For 7 weeks we…

I mean, shutdowns are terrible, and of course there will be, you know, families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage times we have.

The measure would functionally eviscerate mail voting by forcing Americans to include photocopies of their IDs alongside their mailed ballots,

Remember when the GOP promised to lower the cost of living? It really wasn't that long ago. Today, we have a tax on cars. We have a tax on coffee. We have a tax on the eggs we import to fill the empty shelves. We have a tax of 125 percent…