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Our great military our safety and our dangerous seth earn border and they could have easily made a deal but decided to play shutdown politics instead and later continues this is the one year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice present , democrat shutdown and neil white house sources tell us the main negotiating point now appears to be the length of the spending bill or cr as its called. yesterday in a meeting with the president, senator minority leader chuck s...

Act be considered and agreed to. the bill is amended a third time and passed. motion to reconsider be considered and laid upon the table with no intervening actions or debate. >> reserving the right to object. >> mr. president, if i might. the democrats and i hope republicans have been trying to budget this country. lets negotiate the budget. a very short-term cr, lets get these budget numbers done. so we can provide the support we need. i came to the floor to make sure our government workforce ...

Several republicans voted against the c.r. as well as democrats for the same reason we voted against it. one of the most serious consequences of having continuing resolution after continuing resolution is the damage it does to our military. as a pentagon spokesman said last night another c.r. would be wasteful and destructive to our military. the navy secretary said that because of c.r.s the navy has put $4 billion in the trash can, poured lighter fluid on it, and burnt it. thats the navy secret...

Those functions that touch upon immigration and these issues. but that being said, limits come back to the table. lets be our best self, and lets come with open minds and open hearts and lets be bipartisan about this. this is what i believe we have to do. we have a duty to do at this point. >> shannon: congressman collins, nice to hear the two of are you friendly and respectful to each other, you want to find common ground here. congressman collins where are you on the goodlatte bill and what yo...

Happened to date and how we will reopen government. but lets not make our federal workforce have anxiety where they should not have it. our federal workforce has suffered long enough under furloughs and crs and pay raises to have been less than cost-of-living. shutdowns, etc. i would hope on a bipartisan basis, we can do what weve done on every shutdown and that is to tell our federal workforce that when we resolve these issues, we will make sure they are paid if they are furloughed today. mr. p...

Several republicans voted against the c.r. as well as democrats for the same reason we voted against it. one of the most serious consequences of having continuing resolution after continuing resolution is the damage it does to our military. as a pentagon spokesman said last night another c.r. would be wasteful and destructive to our military. the navy secretary said that because of c.r.s the navy has put $4 billion in the trash can, poured lighter fluid on it, and burnt it. thats the navy secret...

Passed cr this week which included a six-year extension of chip in addition to full government funding of our military and other programs. i want to talk a little about chip, because i come from kentucky. the sixth congressional district. we know over 9 million american children depend on ships. there are 90,000 children and families in the commonwealth of kentucky that depend on chip. it is actually disappointing that senate democrats led by minority leader chuck schumer blocked this noncontrov...

Republicans are focusing heavily on the impact this shutdown has on funding for the mill tear and funding -- military and funding for the childrens health insurance program that is now on hold. democrats see things differently. they are instead accusing republicans of lacking sympathy for the so called dreamers. >> this is their fourth cr since september. get it together. wipe the tears of joy from your eye about passing a tax cut that benefits the wealthiest in our country. get down to business...

These negotiations for months, unfortunately, appears endemic. it is standing in the way of bipartisan solutions to all of the issues now before us. every american knows the republican party controls the white house, the senate, the house. its their job to keep the government open. its their job to work with us on a way to move things forward. but they didnt reach out to us once on this c.r., no discussion, no debate, nothing at all. it was produced without an ounce of democratic input and dropp...

Those functions that touch upon immigration and these issues. but that being said, limits come back to the table. lets be our best self, and lets come with open minds and open hearts and lets be bipartisan about this. this is what i believe we have to do. we have a duty to do at this point. >> shannon: congressman collins, nice to hear the two of are you friendly and respectful to each other, you want to find common ground here. congressman collins where are you on the goodlatte bill and what yo...