Let me repeat. He does not have the votes. He knows he does not have the votes. Why do you go forward and losing rather than sitting down and negotiating an agreement in a bipartisan way?

Mitch McConnell does not have 60 votes. And if he goes forward tonight at 10:00 as I understand he will, he will lose.

We need to have an annual budget because what is going on now is very, very dangerous and wasteful for our country.

The option that he has now is to say, OK, I don't have the 60 votes, let us sit down and negotiate, let us work in a nonpartisan way to address the crisis facing this country.

Mitch McConnell doesn't have 60. He doesn't have it. He knows he doesn't have it.

I think what is going on to me is very clear that the Republicans really want to shut down the government for whatever reason.

I rise today to speak on behalf of nearly 800,000 Dreamers, young people who were brought to this country as children who today are living in fear and uncertainty. As a result of the Trump administration's decision to end the DACA Program…

Hey, Mr. President, get Mexico to pay for that wall, not the American taxpayers.

I think the investigation that Mr. Mueller is doing is extremely important. And if he feels that it's imperative to do the investigation right to have the president testify, yes, I do think the president should.

I think everybody knows that Oprah is an tremendously intelligent, articulate person, but I think it's solely to be speculating an election that would take place in three years.

I'm worried that there's been a lot of activity on the part of Republican leaders that lead me to believe they want to shut down the government and that's bad.

What we have seen in the last year is a Republican leadership trying to throw 30 million people off of health insurance and then moving to give huge tax breaks to the rich and large corporations.

Just a bottom line here for me is let Mr. Mueller conduct this important investigation. I hope the president cooperates.

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for as much time as I need to complete my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

despite Donald Trump's assertion last May that ``our country needs a good shutdown,'' the truth is, shutting down the government is a serious and dangerous action that we must do everything possible to prevent. Shutting down the government…

No one in America should be hungry, no one should be homeless, and no one should lack access to healthcare.

I understand that my Republican colleagues and President Trump are busy celebrating the passage of the tax bill that was voted on at 1:30 in the morning. They are very excited, and they are very happy about it. I understand that. I guess…

a few moments ago, my friend from South Dakota was speaking about the bill. He made one statement that I do agree with, and that is, just because you say something over and over again does not make it true. Unfortunately, much of what he…

Absolutely. It is not only that mistakes are made; it is that when you don't open the doors to the American people, to economists, to mayors, to Governors, to businesspeople, and to leaders in the labor movement to see what do you want in…

Let me translate that into English. In other words, as I understand what the Senator is saying, billionaire campaign contributors could then legally put money into churches, which would then do the political work that they otherwise would…

If I could ask my colleague from Oregon a simple question--he is the ranking member of the Finance Committee. This is a bill that deals with trillions of dollars in our entire economy.

It impacts every person in America. Would he mind telling the American people just how many public hearings there were to hear from economists, to hear from the business community, to hear from labor, to hear from senior advocates, to…

as everybody knows, the Republican Party now controls the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, and the White House. We also know that unless a budget agreement is reached by December 22, the U.S. Government will shut down, which will cause serious…

Do I think under those considerations of Al Franken resigning, do I think the president should resign? I do.

I think you got a president who has some very serious emotional problems. To say that about a female United States senator is obscene.