John Barrasso: “I come to the floor, the minority leader has just spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and I would like to begin…”

“I come to the floor, the minority leader has just spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and I would like to begin today's comments by quoting the Senator from New York. Here is a quote, Senator Schumer says: Shutting down the government over a policy difference is self-defeating. He went on to say: It accomplishes nothing but pain and suffering for the country and incurs an enormous political cost to the party shutting it down. When did he say those things? Well, he said them in 2019. Well, they are as true today as they were then. Apparently, he has forgotten those things. He has forgotten the enormous suffering to the country that is caused and the political cost to the party shutting it down. So who would be the party shutting down the government if we shut down at midnight tomorrow night? Well, according to this morning's--and as the Presiding Officer knows, I come to the floor often with a newspaper article. Today's Washington Post: ``Democrats Prepare to Reject a Bill to Avert a Shutdown.'' It is the Democrats who would be shutting down the government. Now, that is the Washington Post, clearly someone that so often sides with the Democrats. What about the liberal New York Times, what are they saying this morning? ``Specter of Shutdown is Growing As Democrats Resist Funding Bill.'' They resist funding the government. It is the Democrats who are doing this. And then there is a picture of Senator Schumer in today's Wall Street Journal.…”