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On the recordJanuary 21, 2018
As I am standing here, I am in support of the proposal the Senator put forward, and I think every Member on this side of the aisle is. We are ready to open it up for 3 days, just as we were determined not to have a shutdown in the first place. So let's end this Trump shutdown and encourage our Republican colleagues to quit hatching and continuing this plan to extract this penalty, this damage, to our Nation.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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Jan 21, 2018

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