Republicans were ordered to shut down the government by Trump, which would hurt everyday Americans all across this country.

Republicans were 'ordered' to shut down the government by Trump

Stop the Steal, to prevent unlawful meddling in the Treasury Department's payment systems and protect Americans across the country.

Republicans in the House, the Senate, the administration, they want to enact massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations. Follow the money. This is the reality of what is taking place. And in that process, they…

Presidents come and go. Through it all. God is still on the throne.

Why do Elon Musk and his minions need access to the names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates and bank account information of millions of Americans?

Look. I get it, right? They’re spending a lot of time arguing with themselves as part of the ongoing GOP civil war around the budget agreement that we’ve yet to see presented to the American people.

We have to get serious about sitting down with Senate Republicans, Senate Democrats, House Democrats, and the administration in order to reach an agreement in advance of March 14.

It's unfortunate that many of our Republican colleagues are willing to stand up a shadow government of the billionaires, by the billionaires and for the billionaires.

They’ve been kind of busy fighting amongst themselves around how big the tax cuts will be for their billionaire buddies, and how much they’re going to cut out of Medicaid as part of their scheme to end it as we know it.

Republicans have been busy. There’s an ongoing internal GOP Civil War around the budget.

There’s an ongoing internal GOP civil war around the budget.

Why do Elon Musk and his minions need access to the names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates and bank account information of millions of Americans?

Millions of Americans will be hurt. By necessity, we will combat the extreme funding freeze with a forceful response on all fronts.

We will apply pressure until Iran is brought to its knees.

We need to get out in front of the public and say something — anything.

it is a congressional fight as well as a court fight and a street fight.

That's the lesson that emerged from the November general election. And it's our hope that we will actually start to see some ideas, some plans, some legislation from our Republican colleagues to accomplish that objective.

What it required was divestiture and American ownership.

And so we're going to stay together on our side of the aisle, be prepared to find common ground when possible, but push back when necessary to defend things like Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act…

The incoming president indicated that he has a big, massive historic mandate. And so it's our expectation that he will present some ideas which, to date, have not been forthcoming from House or Senate Republicans as it relates to building…

As House Democrats, we are prepared to find bipartisan common ground with the incoming administration on any issue, whenever and wherever possible, in order to make life better for the American people, particularly as it relates to driving…

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from the great State of Connecticut, who is our top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, for yielding and for her incredibly strong and steadfast leadership during this process. House Democrats…

Only in America could the Brooklyn-born son of a Jewish chicken farmer become chairman of one of the most powerful committees in the United States Congress.

I thank the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina, Representative Wiley Nickel, for yielding and for his leadership on this incredibly important issue around prohibiting extreme partisan gerrymandering across the country and…