John Barrasso said "2 years ago, when the government was on the brink of a shutdown, the then-majority leader, now-minority leader, Senator Schumer of New York, wrote a letter to his colleagues--I have it here--dated September 2023. It says: Dear Colleague. In his letter, Senator Schumer wrote: We cannot afford . . . brinkmanship or hostage-taking. He went on to say: The only way to avoid a shutdown is through bipartisanship. Well, I am happy to announce that just in the last hour, the House of Representatives passed, in a bipartisan vote, a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. That is not what we are seeing today, though, from the minority leader. Senator Schumer has written this time not a ``Dear Colleague'' letter but the biggest ransom note in American history." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 19, 2025

2 years ago, when the government was on the brink of a shutdown, the then-majority leader, now-minority leader, Senator Schumer of New York, wrote a letter to his colleagues--I have it here--dated September 2023. It says: Dear Colleague. In his letter, Senator Schumer wrote: We cannot afford . . . brinkmanship or hostage-taking. He went on to say: The only way to avoid a shutdown is through bipartisanship. Well, I am happy to announce that just in the last hour, the House of Representatives passed, in a bipartisan vote, a continuing resolution to keep the government funded. That is not what we are seeing today, though, from the minority leader. Senator Schumer has written this time not a ``Dear Colleague'' letter but the biggest ransom note in American history.

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John Barrasso

Republican · Wyoming

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing government funding and bipartisan efforts to avoid a shutdown.

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