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On the recordFebruary 11, 2025
Mr. President, I just heard Senator Schumer, the minority leader, say that Democrats don't want a government shutdown. Well, I would recommend that the minority leader actually read the newspaper. He is going to see that Democrats are threatening and actually calling for a shutdown of the U.S. Government. So here is USA Today, today, with a picture of Senator Schumer right there--a big picture in color, with his fist in the air--``Democrats open to shutting down the government.'' So the Senator who just was on the floor, saying, oh, no; they don't want it, is calling for it across the country in USA Today this morning. That is what we are seeing across this country: Democrats are so much in disarray after the fact that they lost the House, lost the Senate, lost the White House, that the Democrats now want to shut down the government. Here was the headline in The New York Times on Sunday: ``Democrats Hint at Government Shutdown to Stop Trump's Axing at Federal Agencies.'' President Trump is doing what people elected him to do--to get the wasteful Washington spending to end. So that was in USA Today and The New York Times. What about The Washington Post? The Democrats say: They will not help avert a shutdown. The Democrats are calling for a shutdown--in USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post. The list goes on. What are Democrats saying on television?…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming

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