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I don't think it's wise to shut down the government.

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

I don't want a government shutdown. I don't think anyone does.

I don't want to shut down the government.

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.

We don't want the federal government to shut down. It is so inappropriate, and it is not respectful of the people that have sent us here to do our jobs.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

We should have a very limited federal government.

We're a democratic society. Shutting down the government should not be on the agenda.