it's always been unacceptable to Democrats to do the Defense bill without other bills that have so many things that are important to the American people, in terms of health care, in terms of housing, in terms of safety.

We’re not negotiating in public, plain and simple.

we have always negotiated these appropriations agreements in a bipartisan way.

Republican leaders can say all they want [that] there’s nothing to negotiate, but if Republicans don’t change course, then very soon, 20 million Americans are going to face financial catastrophe when their health care premiums go through…

We need to solve the problem.

The ACA premium crisis is not a fix-it-later issue, but rather a fix-it-now issue.

If this report is accurate, every single Republican leader from President Trump on down … ought to condemn these comments swiftly and unequivocally.

Today is a wonderful day. Finally, finally finally, the last living hostages brutally held by Hamas are home, an immense and overwhelming sigh of relief.

Let’s be blunt: nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this. ... They’re callously choosing to hurt people — the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike. This is deliberate chaos.

Republicans control the Senate, the House, and the White House.

They don’t have to do it; they want to.

Let’s be blunt: nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this.

This is deliberate chaos.

This isn’t justice. It’s revenge.

Every day that Republicans refuse to negotiate to end this shutdown, the worse it gets for Americans.

Every day gets better for us.

We want the same thing that a majority, an overwhelming majority, of Americans want, which is to end this shutdown and halt the health care crisis that will send premiums spiking for tens of millions of people.

Every poll we have seen shows [the American people] want us to do it.

After five failed votes, it should be clear to Republicans that we cannot go forward unless they sit down and seriously negotiate with Democrats to address the health care crisis. It’s that simple.

All I can tell you is the American people feel very deeply about solving this health care crisis.

This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as today.

Trump’s claim isn’t true — but if he’s finally ready to work with Democrats, we’ll be at the table.

It's a Republican shutdown because they've refused to talk with us.

The American people are hearing what's happening, and they are demanding that we address this crisis.

The American people know that they're in charge — Republican president, Republican Senate, Republican House — that they have a responsibility to govern, which means sit down and talk with us so we can address these needs.