Jim DeMint: “So why do we need to get into all of this in order to be able to operate our Navy as we have for years around the world?”

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

Well, Anderson, this issue is much bigger than North Korea. We're now living in a world we've got to understand that North Korea is going to have nuclear weapons.

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

His proposal was so outlandish, I don't think we should go back to the table until he puts something there that we can work with.