Jim DeMint: “There is no reason that independence needs to mean secrecy.”

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

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

Absolutely not. We cannot shut the government down, regardless of what happens here.

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