"the more that we use shutdowns as a political tool, the more we are really flirting with disaster, and I have never voted for a shutdown."
"I have never voted to keep the Government closed, and I never will, and the consequence be damned to me politically because it is more important that we do our jobs, and we abdicate our responsibility..."
"I made a promise to my constituents long ago that I would vote I would never vote against -- vote for a shut down or continued shutdown and that's all that was last night."
"But make no mistake about it, I absolutely believe that we need to secure our border."
"What really matters is that there's people in Ohio and in my district and all over this country tonight that are planning funerals for their children who would die from heroin overdoses partly because..."
"I don't foresee it lasting too much longer because I think the pressure is mounting."
"When you draw lines in the sand and you have this extreme position on both sides where we're not going to give a dime for funding border security or the wall or the other side saying we want a wall, y..."
"The fact of the matter is, we need security."
"America doesn't want to see people just throwing bombs at each other. They want to see people sitting down and getting things done and working and compromising."
"Ronald Reagan did it all the time with Tip O'Neill. They were politically and diametrically on different ends of the spectrum."
"I truly believe that close collaboration between all the relevant stakeholders--we are not interested in 'gotcha' moments here today, we are just interested in a frank discussion--will be key to tackl..."
"This bipartisan bill includes not only 22 House-passed transportation security bills, but also a number of key provisions from last year's DHS Authorization legislation."