政府停擺第15天 眾議院共和黨高層舉行記者會

Welcome everybody We're on day 15 of the Democrat government shutdown Not a good day on Capitol Hill Not a good day across America Because real Americans are feeling the pain Due to the Democrats' political nonsense And we want to specifically focus this morning on one area That's gotten a lot of attention And one segment of the population That truly deserves better treatment than the Democrats are giving them That is our military Today if it weren't for the bold leadership of President Trump Helping us to protect our military Everyone needs to understand that 1.3 million active duty service members would be missing a paycheck They'll get their check, thankfully Because President Trump has shown strong leadership And under his direction The Department of War has now redirected unspent funds To ensure that our troops are taken care of And this is while Democrats are playing political games Last night they played some games They stormed my office Maybe you saw some of the video online That they themselves shared or someone did They berated a Capitol Police officer Screamed at him He was just merely standing in his post Shows again their disdain for law enforcement As we see all around the country The Democrats and everyone in that party Screaming, assaulting ICE officers They did it right here in the Capitol last night A few members of Congress Went into the little foyer of my office And tore down a sign that I had up And just engaged in all sorts of political stunts and antics They've been doing that every day now And it shows their desperation It also shows a very strong contrast Between the party that is working for the people And trying to keep the government open And do the right thing And the party that is engaging in all this nonsense But they've shown by their actions And now their votes Multiple times now Nine times the Democrats have voted Counting the House and the Senate Democrats They have voted to not pay the troops They have voted to block their paychecks And it's very serious stuff And they don't seem to care at all The problem we have right now Is that in spite of President Trump's heroic efforts To make sure they get paid That is a temporary fix Because the executive branch's help is not permanent It can't be And if the Democrats continue to vote To keep the government closed As they have done now so many times Then we know that U.S. troops Are going to risk missing a full paycheck At the end of this month And that means service members on deployment Who have left their young families back home Relying upon these checks It means service members Who are thousands of miles away from home It means service members Trying to make their rent And those who have ailing relatives That need to be taken care of None of those people will be paid If the Democrat obstruction continues And it should outrage every American Because it does us Democrats in Congress again Have voted nine times Here's the tally Every single time The Republicans have voted To pay the troops And by the way All other federal employees Federal workers And the Democrats have voted Over and over to stop it And the depressing irony of this On this particular subject Among all others is that The most pro-shutdown Democrats Actually represent The most active duty service members Back home Whom they have taken hostage In this insidious political game And I want to give you A couple of examples And this is the actual statistic Of the ten states With the largest military populations Six are represented each By two Democrats in the Senate Who are withholding the paychecks Here's the list In California It's home to 157,000 Active duty personnel The most in the country Those stationed at Fort Hunter Liggett And Camp Pendleton And Edwards Air Force Base And Vandenberg Space Force Base And others Will all miss a paycheck At the end of the month If Democrat obstruction continues Now this is worthy of note Both California Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla Are gleeful about This government shutdown They agree with Chuck Schumer When he said very candidly Just a few days ago Every day of the shutdown Gets better for us Who's the us He's talking about Democrats He thinks this is He thinks this is assisting their party And giving him political cover So he doesn't attract A Marxist challenger In his next Senate reelect That's what this is about So he thinks the government shutdown Is allowing him to show a fight Against President Trump and Republicans And he is happy about that And so are Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla While service members Are going without paychecks Virginia Virginia is home to 119,000 active duty personnel It is the second most in the country Those stationed at Naval Station Norfolk Quantico And Fort AP Hill And others Will miss paychecks At the end of this month If this is not resolved Both Virginia senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner Are playing political games With the paychecks Of 119,000 service members Georgia Georgia is home to 65,000 active duty personnel It is the sixth most in the country Those stationed at Fort Benning Fort Stewart Moody Air Force Base And others will miss paychecks And just last week This is so aggravating to us It is so frustrating to us It is so wrong We saw service members Waiting hours in lines Wrapped around the block At Georgia food pantries And meanwhile You got both Georgia senators John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock Have now voted eight times Against paying those heroes In Washington The state of Washington Is home to 57,000 active duty personnel It is the seventh most in the country And those stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base And Naval Base Kitsap Joint Base Louis McCord And others will miss paychecks Both Washington senators Patty Murray And Maria Cantwell Have repeatedly voted Against pay for service members In the Evergreen State Hawaii Hawaii is home to 43,000 active duty personnel It is the eighth most in the country Those stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam The Schofield Barracks And others will miss paychecks And both Hawaii senators Maisie Hirono And Brian Schatz Have voted against paying soldiers Stationed in Hawaii And by the way Many of them Are thousands of miles Away from their families Colorado Is home to 35,000 active duty personnel The tenth most in the country And those stationed at Fort Carson Buckley Space Force Base Peterson Space Force Base And others will miss paychecks And you guessed it Both Democrats Senators are from Colorado Hickenlooper John Hickenlooper And Michael Bennett Have voted against Paying those troops in their state And I just want to mention New York It gets honorable mention It isn't in the top ten But the Empire State Is home to 17,000 active duty personnel The seventeenth most in the country Those stationed at Fort Drum and Fort Hamilton And others will miss paychecks And sadly Both New York senators Kirsten Gillibrand And the architect Of the shutdown himself Chuck Schumer Can barely hide their delight That the government is closed And troops are not being paid I will just say this There's something that Should be remembered by everyone Democrats say that Even missed paychecks For U.S. troops Won't be enough To end this shutdown The Democrats Who we just demonstrated Represent thousands and thousands Of the most heroic Men and women on the earth Refuse to put Their unserious Partisan demands To the side And pay the troops And here are the Indisputable facts Of this shutdown Republicans want to pay the troops And we have shown that With our actions And our votes Now nine times And the Democrats Want to use them as hostages To extort One and a half trillion dollars In new Unserious partisan spending That we just won't go along with We won't sell out The long-term security And future of the United States So that Chuck Schumer Can prevent A primary challenge From his left wing We will not be a part Of that nonsense And until Schumer And the left wing of his party Are satisfied enough That the pain this shutdown Has caused Has reached a limit That they're satisfied with Then the Republicans Are going to stand here Every single day And we're going to continue To deliver the simple facts Directly to the American people Now today we brought in Some of our House Republican leaders Who represent Many of these military districts And are so That are being so deeply And adversely affected By the Democrats' senseless games And the first up That I'm delighted to introduce Is the chairman Of our Main Street Caucus And the House Republican Conference And that is Congressman Mike Flood Thank you very much Sure enough I'll tell you what The House Republican Main Street Caucus Couldn't be more proud Of the leadership That we've elected To lead the House of Representatives We stand united with this team That's remained in Washington To do God's work As we work our way through A very difficult shutdown Speaking of Main Street Let's talk about what this means I represent Offutt Air Force Base In Bellevue, Nebraska We have over 10,000 airmen there What do we do? We're in charge of deploying The nuclear triad Think about that It's very important work And today we have 2,300 Of our civilian employees furloughed We're holding diaper drives The food pantry is getting Stocked with more food There's uncertainty on that base The men and women Who go to work every day To keep us safe To provide that strategic deterrent On what could be The world's worst day Don't need this stress We don't need this stress Especially to satisfy The political future Of a New York Senate leader This could have been avoided He did the right thing Mr. Schumer did in March He's a pro He knows political calculus He paid a high price for it And now people in my district Are paying a high price And it's not right And by the way As a country We're better than this We are way better Than what's happening Across our bases And so to the people Off at Air Force Base And every military installation The Main Street Caucus Is here to say Thank you for what you do Whether you're furloughed or not We appreciate every single one of you Thank you again Mr. Speaker For having us And thank you for inviting And including the Main Street Caucus Well, I'm not going to introduce each of them I'll ask them to do that themselves But I do want to introduce you To the Vice Chair Of the Main Street Caucus And that is Congresswoman Laurel Lee from the State of Florida Thank you Mr. Speaker And thank you all for being here today We are here today Because the American people Deserve to know the truth About why our government is shut down The reality is simple This shutdown was entirely preventable It's happening because Democrats Have refused to work with Republicans On our responsible Common sense funding measure House Republicans did our work We passed a straightforward Extension of funding To keep the government open While ensuring our troops Our border patrol agents And all essential services Are fully supported But at every turn Senate Democrats have instead chosen Obstruction and delay They voted again and again To stop temporary funding That would have kept the government open Again and again They put partisanship Ahead of the needs Of the American people And it's hardworking American families That are paying the price In my district We see these impacts firsthand At MacDill Air Force Base There are thousands of brave Men and women in uniform Many have young families In our schools And spouses who work on base And in our communities In addition Some of our very best neighbors Work as civilian technicians And managers at MacDill And keep critical services Not just for our community But for our country operating These are the people Who will feel the strain Of this shutdown And Washington's dysfunction the most The service members The civilian workforce Who serves alongside them And the federal workers And their families They are now left to worry About their bills About groceries About paychecks All because of political games By Senate Democrats They deserve better than this They deserve leadership That puts our country Ahead of politics House Republicans Have already voted To ensure our service members Receive their pay And we will not allow America's heroes to suffer Because of this political brinksmanship Thanks to President Trump's leadership The Pentagon identified funding To make sure that our troops Are paid this month Even in the face Of this needless shutdown This is not about politics It is about priorities Our priority Is the American people We want to secure our border To strengthen our military To restore fiscal sanity To Washington And ensure that every taxpayer dollar Is spent wisely Senate Democrats Have made their priorities clear They're more interested In protecting wasteful spending And expanding benefits For illegal immigrants Than they are in protecting Our service members And our hardworking American families That is unacceptable To the men and women At MacDill Air Force Base And the families Across Florida's 15th Congressional District And to every American Feeling this shutdown Know this We are fighting for you We are fighting To reopen government responsibly To ensure stability For your families And to get this country Back on track It's time for Democrats To stop the political games To stop holding our troops And our federal workers Hostage to their agenda And to join us In putting the American people first Thank you And now we have Our colleague Representative LaLotta Good morning everybody Fully funding our military Is the most important thing Our Congress can do And 15 days into the shutdown It's time for Chuck Schumer To do what's right And show a fraction Of the courage and selflessness Our troops display every day Before I came to Congress I was a Navy man I deployed overseas three times Alongside some of the most Selfless and brave Americans Our nation has to offer These men and women Serve their nation In hot engine rooms overseas On dangerous aircraft carrier decks Conducting night flight operations And on island chains Ensuring they didn't become A safe haven for terrorists The sailors I served with Risked everything Time away from home Injury to themselves And even their own lives In defense of our great nation And I think that kind of courage Demands some sort of selflessness As well from our nation's leaders too Thankfully President Trump showed the boldness And decisiveness To ensure that our troops got paid And they didn't miss today's paycheck That's welcomed news for our families Who serve our great country Who frankly we don't pay enough as it is But true pay Is just one piece of the puzzle A prolonged government shutdown Endangers America's national security Halting contracts Furloughing half of the Defense Department's Civilian workforce And disrupting intelligence And operations It weakens our ability To compete with China Russia, North Korea And our other adversaries It delays training It delays deployments And housing support And reduces overall readiness Like Chuck Schumer I'm a New Yorker And I'll say this plainly The next generation of New York Democrats Are socialists Like AOC and Zoran Mondami And they're dragging their party Towards socialism They want open borders They want taxpayer-funded healthcare For illegal immigrants And they want government-run grocery stores Just look at the race right now For New York City Mayor Now I know That socialism doesn't come naturally To Chuck Schumer It was said before That just back in March He supported the same clean CR That we're asking him to support today Back in March He had a backbone, Chuck Schumer He stood up to his party's Radical base And said he would put the nation Before his own political interests And he took a lot of flack For doing so And that's why He's changed his course But we're here today To call on him to do better And to put the country Before his own political job And we're asking that he put The hundreds of thousands Of federal workers That rely on a continued resolution We're asking him to support that And we're asking him to put The millions of Americans Before his own political future We New Yorkers We pride ourselves On being tough So I'm asking Chuck Schumer To be tough And to stand up To his own party's base Stand up to AOC and Mondami Be brave like our troops And do your job And reopen our government I want to introduce My good friend Also a military veteran In the Air Force Don't hold the Air Force part Against him An Air Force colonel Who's doing a hell of a job Fighting for his constituents In Iowa, my friend Zack Nunn Thanks, brother Whenever you can get The Navy and the Air Force On the same target We're moving in the right direction Friends, here's the reality right now This government shutdown Does not have to happen We have a reality before us Where one and a half million troops Both those active duty And those in the Guard and Reserve Are on pins and needles Where they're going to be able To feed their family Marching forward I am so proud to be standing With fellow patriots up here Many of them who have served I'm one of those members Who have served not only in combat But continue to serve In my reserve capacity now I've already committed My drill this weekend And speaking with frontline members Who are serving in uniform Our brothers and sisters The sons and daughters of families Who have sacrificed to have their child Be in the military They all have the same question Why is this happening And what is the mission To be able to stop it Well, let's be very clear The House of Representatives Has executed its portion of the mission Fully pay our federal government The majority of the House The majority of the Senate The majority of the American people Want this But the reality is There's a handful of individuals In the Senate Who have put a stop to it And this is where I agree With one of my colleagues We don't govern by temper tantrum He said We'd be hurting millions of Americans And we'd be treating them as leverage That was Chuck Schumer in 2018 Another colleague said This is irresponsible No, it's reckless My other colleague Nancy Pelosi But that was in 2013 A fellow colleague said It's not normal to hold 800,000 workers Or in this case Over a million military members And their paychecks hostage That was from AOC in 2019 Team, we've heard about The first-hand impacts to individuals And it goes beyond just America But what's happening right in our own districts As we look at this Today, 15,000 National Guardsmen from Iowa Were in danger of not being able to decide Whether to put a down payment on a new car Or being able to put food in the refrigerator 2,000 of those members Are right now deployed on the front lines In U.S. CENTCOM in Iraq And even more of their families Are wondering not only will they be safe But will they be able to take care of their kiddos Back home So I called them up And I said, hey, first class Chase Holmes is a sergeant With our Iowa National Guard He's currently preparing operations To be able to defend the country overseas But because of the shutdown Critical joint training Between his team and NATO was canceled We spoke with an Iowa Guardsman And chaplain for the 224th Combat Engineers Battalion, Caleb Wang He is leading part of the 1,800 Guardsmen Currently deployed to the northern part Of Iraq right now And he told me plainly We're working But we don't know if we'll get paid I'll put my life on the line But I hope someone's there To take care of my family If my paycheck doesn't come through These aren't theoretical These are real people Real impact, real costs Let's be blunt The shutdown of the government Has only one hostile actor And there's a few individuals in the Senate Who refuse to put the country Before the hostage Of the 350-plus million Americans They've taken It's unacceptable And that is why I am grateful That while President Trump Is helping lead peace in the Middle East With the men and women Who are on the front lines providing it We have folks at home Who need to do the same job And stand up for this country first Thank you to my colleagues But most importantly Thank you to all our federal workers And God bless our troops With that, I'm thrilled to introduce our leader A man who's been on the front line of this himself Mr. Scalise Thank you, sir Thank you, Zach And thank all of my colleagues Who you just heard from Many of whom served our nation bravely In our nation's military I want to say thank you to The over 1 million men and women in uniform Who continue to serve right now Despite the uncertainty That uncertainty that does not need to exist And why? Because Chuck Schumer is more afraid Of the radical leftists in his own party Than he is concerned about making sure That those families don't have to wonder About whether or not they're going to be able To put food on the table Their families, while they're overseas Many of them are going to be able To put food on the table During this Schumer shutdown And keep in mind Over one third of all men and women Who serve in uniform right now Over one third of them Live paycheck to paycheck That means when Chuck Schumer Is voting to deny them pay Many of them will not be able To make their rent payment Or their mortgage payment Many of them will not be able To make their car note payment And the stress that that adds To their lives unnecessarily Should not happen Did not need to happen This house came together I'm so proud of the men and women I serve with in Congress Here in the house where we did our job Weeks ago We sent a bill over to the Senate That doesn't resolve all of our differences People often say Gee whiz, why can't Washington Just get together Which side is going to win this thing It's not about which side wins It's about stopping the American people From being the losers In Chuck Schumer's fight While we go negotiate our differences We have big differences We need to negotiate And the clean CR that we passed Over to the Senate Does not resolve those differences It just gives us some more time To have that negotiation And by the way That clock is getting sooner every day November 21st is not extending Every day that Chuck Schumer Continues this charade that he's playing With the lives of millions of American families That date is going to get closer every day Where we're not going to have as much time To negotiate our differences And how big are those differences Just look at the wish list The hostage list that Chuck Schumer Filed weeks ago His demands that he said have to be met Before he'll even open up the government again One and a half trillion dollars In new unrelated spending Chuck Schumer demanded Including yes Eliminating all the verification So that illegals will get Taxpayer funded health care That's in Chuck Schumer's bill Chuck Schumer guts the 50 billion dollar Rural hospital fund To give taxpayer funded health benefits To illegals in his hostage demands That's not going to happen And so when are we going to have A rational conversation When are democrats going to Actually become serious In this discussion Where they say Let's open up the government And start talking about our differences About how we're going to get This country back on track And in contrast again Just look at what happened yesterday Some of us were at the White House At just an amazingly emotional ceremony Where President Trump Posthumously unfortunately issued The Medal of Freedom To Charlie Kirk And his incredibly brave widow Erica was there to receive it On his behalf And gave another Emotionally powerful speech And this comes on the heels Of President Trump Returning from the Middle East Where he was in Israel He was in Egypt Working with other world leaders To establish historic Middle East peace President Trump's been doing All those things And in the middle of doing All of those things He had to go find time To figure out creatively A way to pay our troops Even though Chuck Schumer Wants to defund our troops Yes, the party, the democrats That were for and continue to be For defunding our police Now want to defund our military troops By not paying them By not opening up the government And the votes are clear Nobody has to wonder Which side is for Shutting down the government Which side is for Trying to deny troops their pay We had yet another vote The eighth time On the senate floor Yesterday while we were At the White House The senate was having that vote On whether or not To open up the government And you saw Democrats continued Led by Chuck Schumer To shut down the government Deny troop pay It's embarrassing It's not just unserious It's having devastating consequences On millions of Americans Around this country And it doesn't need to happen We shouldn't have to wait Until the hate America Rally this weekend Or whatever it is That's driving Chuck Schumer To keep this going on This damage that's being inflicted So that he thinks It's going good for him While it causes damage Real harm to millions Of American families Including our service men and women Who are so bravely Risking their lives For these great freedoms That we enjoy We're going to continue To fight for freedom We're going to continue fighting To open this government And do our jobs And the whip of our conference Is my friend Tom Emmer If Chuck Schumer and the Democrats Had things their way More than one million service members Would not get paid today Thankfully our commander in chief Stepped up where the Democrats Have refused by reallocating funds To ensure our troops Receive their hard-earned paychecks today Thanks to President Trump Military families across the country Will have the resources they need To continue making ends meet Just a little bit longer Yeah What has been the Democrats' response? Representative Madeleine Dean Told CNN yesterday This is not the way to run a government Making sure our troops get paid Is not the way to run a government You know what is actually Not the way to run a government Representative Dean? Holding the American people hostage Over your 1.5 trillion dollar wish list Of radical demands Clearly the Democrats The Democrat Party of today Is not your grandfather's Democrat Party They care about one thing And one thing only Appeasing the radical Pro-terrorist wing of their party And they will inflict The maximum amount of pain On the American people to do it But it doesn't have to be this way Republicans have a non-partisan Government funding bill Ready in the Senate We've been talking about it now For more than two weeks It can be sent to President Trump's desk immediately We could end the Democrats' Shutdown chaos today If they would do the right And reasonable thing By passing our clean CR It contains zero Partisan policy riders No gimmicks It's the same spending levels That Democrats supported Just six months ago And that they passed Thirteen times previously Under the Biden administration But nine times now Nine times The Democrats have refused Shutting the government down In the process And forcing Americans To pay the price All so they can Galavant around the Capitol Making ridiculous videos Childish videos Scream at Capitol police officers Who aren't getting paid by the way And by time Until their Hate America rally Takes place on Saturday On the mall It's despicable And it's wrong We can only hope That they come to their senses And that the madness ends soon Until then Our message remains the same Stop playing political games Pass our clean CR And reopen the government For the people You were elected to serve Lisa McClain Our conference chair Well good morning everybody Here we are again I'm gonna be very clear Chuck Schumer wants a dirty deal I'll say it again Chuck Schumer wants a dirty deal One that caters to his radical base You know the same crowd Planning to protest at their I hate America rally this weekend And what is in this so called deal Let's take a look at what's in Chuck Schumer's dirty deal Let me spell it out It adds 1.5 trillion dollars To our national debt 1.5 trillion dollars It hands out healthcare To illegal immigrants That's not a talking point That's a fact It guts the most historic investment Congress has ever made In rural healthcare Again that's a fact And it weakens healthcare For hardworking Americans Begin to see the compare and contrast Chuck Schumer and the Democrats Wanna protect illegals And hurt Americans Republicans we actually want To do what we were elected to do And that's take care of Americans Yesterday we released a new white paper On the facts Which are actually crystal clear So we don't need to do political stunts And storm the speaker's office And we just have the facts on our side And notice when you can't beat us on the facts You have to go to emotion And you have to go to political stunts And that's exactly what the Democrats are doing First the Democrats proposal eliminates A cornerstone investment in rural healthcare Putting hospitals and small time clinics Deeper in financial debt That's a 50 billion dollar cut To rural America Second states like California Have played games with federal tax dollars To give benefits to You guessed it Not Americans That's right Illegals Republicans actually closed that loophole Saving taxpayers 190 billion dollars Again note the compare and contrast The Democrat bill would reopen that loophole And don't let them deny it Make them own their votes Make them own their stance Let me remind you Every single Democrat On the 2020 presidential debate stage Raised their hand and said Taxpayers should pay for healthcare For illegals Every single Democrat So why are they denying it now Because they know it's not popular With Americans They are on the record Wanting healthcare for illegals Own it Democrats Say it loud Say it proud You wanna put illegals over Americans Just own it I'm gonna say it again They are on the record Wanting healthcare for illegals And their dirty deal That they lay out in black and white Finally Democrats plan Forces taxpayers to cover The majority of emergical medical costs For all non-citizens Another 28 billion dollar tab For who You guessed it The American people So here's the bottom line The Democrats' proposal Would force taxpayers to fund 119 billion In waste, fraud and abuse Yes that's right The Democrats advocate For waste, fraud and abuse Why Because it's not their money It's your hard-earned money Including benefits for people That are here illegally That weakens healthcare for Americans It also defunds rural healthcare Again That weakens healthcare for who That's right It weakens healthcare for Americans It is absolutely outrageous So here's my message to Democrats Tell all of your radical base You're done taking orders Tell them you're putting America first Drop the demands Reopen the government Pass the house bill And let's get back to work For the American people Thank you All right, a few questions Yes A judge in Florida issued a warning Against emails and behavior From an ex-girlfriend And according to these court documents She also instructed to reach out to her After that initial temporary restraining order Do you think this is an ethical violation And do you think any disciplinary action I have not heard or looked into The details of that I've been a little busy We have a house ethics committee If it warrants that I'm sure they'll look into that Yes It's been reported for a while Ford Mills was accused Of beating a girlfriend In his D.C. apartment He was accused of stolen dollars By the people that he claimed to have saved On the battlefield That have been on the records That he did not save them This has been happening Since the beginning of the year Are you concerned about These allegations against Ford Mills Look, you have to ask Representative Mills about that I mean, he's been a faithful colleague here I know his work on the Hill I mean, I don't know all the details Of all the individual allegations And what he's doing In his outside life You have to ask him about that Let's talk about things That are really serious Background, go ahead, Scott Should law enforcement Include Capitol Police To protect you, your family Mr. Scalise As well as Capitol Police Yeah, we've always stood With Capitol Police and law enforcement And we've shown that in word and deed And I can tell you that I was with the president For a couple of hours In the Oval Office last night I spoke with Russ Vogt and the Rose Garden Before the Charlie Kirk service They are, what's the right word Forlorn about this No one on the Republican side Is taking any pleasure in this scenario Yes, we're always for reducing The size and scope of the government And all of that But this is not the way to go about it We don't shut the government down Turn off the funding streams And then require all these cuts like this So what they're doing Is they're having to triage federal spending As you know Because anybody, as we've said Any person who's in the White House Regardless of party And their director of OMB Is given this unfortunate reluctant task They have to figure out and triage What are the most essential services Personnel policies and what are not They're going to look at that Through a partisan lens But when they look through it Through that lens I mean, we're looking at it right now As conservative Republicans The White House That's who serves in the White House right now If Joe Biden or Kamala Harris Or a Democrat were there They would look at it With a totally different set of lenses But I can tell you That when we look at that We prioritize troops and law enforcement Absolutely So if there is a mechanism to do that They will find it And they will fund it The reason The way they were able to get the troops paid For this paycheck And as I said This is not an enduring solution Because we will run out of the funds But there were some unspent funds And effectively R&D accounts in defense They moved that over To prioritize payment of those Who are putting their lives on the line today And who have families in serious situations That money will be replaced As has been explained by the White House After the funding gets going again If we can find a similar mechanism To take care of capital police Of course they'll do that But that's in a separate branch So a different determination Yes sir Mr. Speaker This is day 15 of the shutdown now And the leaders of police Just kind of addressed this That the seven-week bill That you guys passed before You guys have already lost Two weeks of that Is there a point in the future Where you decide to put Either another clean continuing resolution On the floor Like in the next couple of weeks Or why not Just put some of your appropriation bills That have passed down To the committee on the floor During the shutdown Our appropriators have been hard at work Even during the shutdown They had Remember in the House We passed all 12 Separate appropriations bills Through committee Three off the floors There's nine left They've been working To put those together And prepare them for action And whether or not They're all collected here in D.C. Or they're working individually At home as a group We have lots of Means of communication right now So the appropriators are working Not just among colleagues In the chamber But chamber to chamber So it's a bipartisan discussion That's been going on As I mentioned several days back I even spoke myself With Patty Murray Who's the lead on Approach in the Senate Democrat side So that work has been going on With regard to the timeline of the CR It would do us no good To pass yet another CR out of the House Because it will meet the same fate Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats Want to close the government down They are gleeful about this They are happy The troops are suffering all this pain Apparently because They've just voted now Nine times collectively Democrats in Congress Have voted nine times To block the pay of troops And capital police And all the federal employees And by extension All the civilian contractors And everybody else So we would just be going through An exercise in political futility To pass another CR It is ironic That the seven weeks The seven weeks On the clean CR that we passed September 19th Was a date that was determined By Republicans and Democrats in the House The appropriators determined together That that should be the length of the CR And they stipulated together That it should be clean The Democrats at the time said Please don't put any Republican priorities on that So that we can all do this in good faith And we didn't We put a clean CR And still they voted no Why? Because their leadership Hakim Jeffries and Chuck Schumer Told them they had to So I think appropriators Want to get back to work I know every House Republican does But we've got to get the lights turned back on And Chuck Schumer and the Democrats Need to vote to do that So we can get back to Regular legislative session Yes ma'am Leader Thune is trying to advance The defense approach bill today We'll see how that turns out My suspicion is The Democrats are going to play Their same political games And stop that cold I hope I'm surprised by that But we'll see We're on a 48-hour Return notice For House Republicans And the House itself And dependent upon Action in the Senate We can get all this moving again And we can get back To all the regular order And all the things That are stacking up on our plates It is ironic That even though Democrats Decided upon the end date The seven weeks to go to November 21 It is the Democrat leadership That is eating up the clock And they are doing great harm To the American people Not just by suspending services Vital services and paychecks But also because of the backlog of work That the Congress has to get done And we cannot do it While hardworking Americans Are suffering because of these antics And that's why we're demanding Insisting that they get it open I'll leave you with this You've heard the word contrast here A number of times today So grateful for these Mainstreet caucus leaders Who came in to help us Articulate this contrast I'll just say this again You have two parties On a split screen right now You have President Trump And the Republican Party Reducing your taxes Cutting taxes Cutting government red tape And regulations To get the economy going again Passing historic legislation To boost the economy And bring down the cost of living You have Republicans Who have ended the border crisis Almost zero illegal crossings In the last four months You have Republicans Who are working to end the crime crisis And support law enforcement And ICE officers And all those Who are wearing that badge And putting their lives on the line And supporting our troops As we talked about today You have Republicans Who are ending fraud Waste and abuse in government And making government work More efficiently and effectively For the people And you have President Trump And the White House And his administration Ending conflicts That are killing millions of people Around the world What have Democrats accomplished In the last nine months A government shutdown I mean the contrast Between these parties Could not be any more stark And I encourage you to watch We call it the Hate America rally That will happen Saturday Let's see who shows up for that I bet you see pro-Hamas supporters I bet you see Antifa types I bet you see the Marxists In full display The people who don't want To stand and defend The foundational truths Of this republic And we do And that's what we're here Doing every single day And I will continue To come in every morning And tell the American people The plain and simple facts Because the facts Are going to win the day here The American people are not stupid They see what's going on And they know who's to blame Thanks for being here this morning Thank you