Maria Cantwell actually said...

"It's unbelievable to me that we're sitting here and that you have to come and do this instead of being able to do the job that is already dangerous and treacherous to begin with."

"We're getting real stories fed back to us by constituents and those constituents are suffering greatly."

"These really are important issues on the impact that this shutdown is having on the American people."

"Well, my understanding is that we, from an operational perspective, even though I would consider that preservation of life..."