Dusty Johnson: “I look forward to working with Ranking Member Caraveo and others on the Committee on that work.”

The bottom line is, as I talk to the Senator from Maryland, the way to pass this law--the way to protect Federal workers--isn't with the unanimous consent request of a bill nobody has ever seen; it is to vote for cloture on the Shutdown…

Well, everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. I've certainly rolled out a number of plans that would have some pretty substantial reforms to our entitlement programs.

Let's get on the bill. And then let's sit down in good faith. Let's hammer out amendments, and let's get the thing passed next week. Let's do that. That is all I am asking. I honestly hate to object to this. I don't want to. OK? But…

The fact that there are some pain points on both ends of the conference, I think, shows that we’re over target.