Gary Peters actually said...

"One of our most fundamental responsibilities is to pass a budget and fund the government."

"Everybody just basically stops work in order to gear up for a shutdown. That is unacceptable."

"I know Senator Peters was recently at the auto car show in Washington, D.C., and there is the artificial intelligence that's being used in autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars, much of it is NSF-fun..."

"It truly was a bipartisan process."