avoidable. completely avoid be. now, it is imminent. all because senate democrats chose to filibuster a noncontroversial funding bill that contains nothing, not a thing they do not support. nothing they do not support. perhaps across the aisle some of our democratic colleagues are feeling proud of themselves. but what has their filibuster accomplished? what has it accomplished? the answer is simple. their very own government shutdown. shutdown affects on the american people will come as no surprise. all week as we stood on the floor and begged our colleagues to dom their senses, senate republicans have described exactly, exactly what this will mean. >> republican leadership can't