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“reserving the right to object, I share my colleague's concern about making sure our national parks stay open. In fact, I don't want any Federal facilities to close their doors, any Federal workers to miss a paycheck, or any programs families rely on be undermined by a completely unnecessary shutdown, which is why I am working around the clock to make sure we do pass this bipartisan CR package, which we released yesterday. So I hope the senior Senator from Utah will reconsider his recent vote against moving forward on that CR and start working with us to get this straightforward CR across the finish line so we can avoid this shutdown and get back to passing our 12 bipartisan appropriations bills because that is the only serious solution here. That is the best way to make sure families are able to keep enjoying our national parks and park rangers and all of our public servants can do the work the American people are counting on and get the paycheck they deserve. There are a lot of programs that we all care about that will be hurt by a shutdown, so we are not going to solve this problem one by one, carve-out by carve-out. As I said earlier, you don't stop a flood one drop at a time; you build a dam. We have a straightforward, bipartisan CR package to avoid a shutdown and keep our national parks open. Let's get our jobs done and get that passed. So I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. The Senator from Utah.”