John Dingell actually said...

"Well, this is the people's government, and the United States Congress is entrusted with having it operate for the benefit of the people."

"I have voted 16 times to bring up the Senate clean continuing resolution opening the government with no strings attached."

"The real challenge here for the majority is to make this system work."

"If they want to open up the government, not just the Park Service but all of the services that government provides, they can just have a simple vote to have a continuing resolution."