Times like this, the American people expect their leaders to come together and to try to find ways to resolve their differences. The president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. I wish, I would hope that the president and my Democrat colleagues in the Senate would listen to the American people and sit down and have a serious discussion about resolving these differences.
John Boehner expresses the need for bipartisan cooperation to resolve the government shutdown and criticizes the president's refusal to negotiate.
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