But I really say that as we did under Ronald Reagan – I was here all eight years he was president – and George Bush, we rarely shut down the government. Under Joe Biden with a Republican Congress, we didn't shut down the government at all. Not once, because we reached [an] agreement.
Commenting on government shutdowns under different administrations.
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