Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.
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We were sent here to hold government accountable.
Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.
Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.
I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.
The consequence of shutting down the government was not healthy.
The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address.
I'm sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasn't on our radar screen. We were just making great software.
Nobody wants to shut down the government.
A government shutdown is inexcusable.
Our government has failed us. From the billion-dollar bailouts to the 'stimulus' package that failed to stimulate to the government takeover of health care, you cried 'Stop!'... but the Democratic Majority in Washington has refused to listen.
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