“Moments ago, I went to the Floor of the House to ask for unanimous consent to reopen the government by passing H.R. 7397, which is identical to the clean Continuing Resolution that the Senate approved on Thursday.  It would have kept government open through February 8, putting hundreds of thousands of hardworking federal employees and contractors back to work. Unfortunately, Speaker Ryan did not even allow me to ask the question, gaveling the House into recess as soon as he convened it. 

“Democrats have now offered three compromise agreements to forestall and end this unnecessary and costly Trump shutdown. Republicans and the President have rejected every one, instead opting to create chaos and shut large parts of the American people’s government down. Shame on them. Everyone knows who bears responsibility for this shutdown and its continuation.”