I believe it was between 11:40 and 15 minutes to midnight on the deadline before we had to shut down government.

Absolutely. Thank you again for your leadership, Representative Takano. I appreciate it. Completely from the other coast, we have another freshman Member who is a strong member of our Progressive Caucus and a former legislator from the…

Thank you so much, Representative Jeffries, for very clearly explaining to the country the situation and what's unfolded in these final days and final hours before the government shut down. You know, there is no question that people on…

Well, again, thank you, Representative Jeffries, so much for explaining to the American people exactly what has happened and transpired in the last few days and why it's so important that we demand a vote and get a vote on a clean…

Mr. Speaker, this is a sad day for the American people and for American democracy. For weeks, I've told my constituents that I know things look bad, but the Republicans won't shut down the government. There's too many adults on that side…

I feel like I'm serving in the nation's largest kindergarten.

Mr. Speaker, the American people have been bombarded on their TV screens by this creepy image of Uncle Sam appearing between a young woman's legs. This ad is funded by the idealistic-sounding Generation Opportunity, but guess who's really…

it is a little bit ironic that we are having it at a time this body hasn't had a national budget, our country hasn't for the last 4 years.

we are going to have a real good conversation about the long-term.

we are going to talk about long term, but we can't deal with the immediate.

I think there is a reason why our eyes are in the front of our face and not the back of our head.