At this hour, the federal government is needlessly shut down because of Senate Democrats. This did not need to happen. But it is important for people to understand why it did.
On Thursday, this House passed a bill to keep the government open and extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which covers nearly 9 million children from low-income families. No games, no strings attached.
Last night, Senate Democrats blocked the bill and shut down this government. But why? What part of the bill do they oppose? The answer is: they have no problem with any of it. We do some crazy things in Washington, but this is madness.
Senate Democrats refuse to fund the government unless we agree to their demands on something entirely unrelated: immigration. It is a shakedown strategy, and in 2013, Senator Schumer himself said: "No matter how strongly one feels about an issue, you shouldn’t hold millions of people hostage. That’s what the other side is doing. That’s wrong and we can’t give in to that."
He was right! But that's exactly what he and his party are doing now.
There is no reason for a shutdown, and to the men and women around the country who work this government, the military, and law enforcement, thank you for your service. You deserve much better than this. We hope it will end very soon.
To Senate Democrats: stop holding our troops and children's health insurance hostage. Do the right thing. Open this government back up. 
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