Jim DeMint: “What we are trying to do is to stop the stampede towards more government takeover and taxes, and to move on to real…”

Certainly, the Federal Government needs to be an example everywhere we can.

We cannot keep our country shut down. It's affecting people emotionally, as well as financially.

We've got to determine what we're going to do about it. A missile defense is going to be a key.

Senator DeMint says let's use the Federal Government as an exemplar for how to reopen.