Our policy and legislative process does not work by holding the government hostage, and I hope the President has learned that doing so is unproductive and harmful.
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Finally, after 35 days, the President has agreed to do what he should have done in the first place: open the government. The impacts of the government shutdown on federal workers and communities across the country have been immense.
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I continue to believe that spending billions on a border wall with no justification, especially in the wake of the GOP tax giveaway to the wealthy, is deeply irresponsible, especially as we have so many other worthy national priorities.
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Read my full statement on the Trump Shutdown the President’s continued border wall demands
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Well said on all points!
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Must be difficult to refer to him as “president”
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