government shut down? the house put out a very interesting strategy. they said, look. six of the seven bills being held hostage by the president of the united states, six of the seven spending bills, are ones passed by the republican-led senate. so let's free up that much of the government. continuing resolution on the homeland security for the border and continue to debate. but not keep the whole government hostage in this fashion. i think that's a pretty good idea. >> a couple of your colleagues, the maryland contingent says we want to block any other legislation before the senate unless and until we vote on measures to reopen the government. do you support that move? >> i think that's a pretty good idea because this cannot be business as usual if we shut down a quarter of the government and just leave it shut down. it's an incompetent strategy. it does damage to all kinds of people who are making applications, whether it's