October 2025

This shutdown is being driven by Chuck Schumer and the radical left. It is shameful and completely hypocritical because Schumer knows full well he is playing partisan games with people’s lives.

If Schumer and the Democrats were serious about avoiding a shutdown, they would have supported the House-passed funding bill or backed my Eliminate Shutdowns Act.

There were two clear opportunities to keep the government open — Democrats rejected both.

As I said in my floor speech Monday night, this shutdown was completely avoidable.