Catherine Cortez Masto

That's the reason why I don't support shutdowns.

We can still do our jobs and get things done without using a federal worker as a pawn.

This is a very example of what the impact is in Nevada, and it's not just my contractors and federal workers at that test site.

out at the nuclear site.

It is federal workers throughout my state.

It is a tourism industry that's having an impact of the bad policies from this administration, so we're seeing a downturn in tourism across the country, including in Nevada.

I'm now hearing, because I follow what's happening in my state, housing

is not moving as quickly as it could because there's no federal workers to do the permitting that we need.

That's crazy to me.

My small businesses and businesses who rely on SBA loans are not getting those loans because there's no federal workers at the SBA to do those loans.

I mean, this is part of the problem why we should never have a government shutdown.

We should be doing our jobs, appropriating, making sure we're moving forward, coming together to work together.

And that is my frustration.

That's some of the frustration I hear from colleagues, both Democrats and Republicans, that are not in leadership.

And that's why many of us have been talking and negotiating, trying to figure out a way out of this impasse.

Yeah, so I sit on the banking committee.

I support sanctions against Russia and have in the past and will continue to do so.

I think we need to put as much pressure as we can on Russia.

I support Ukraine.

What is going on is outrageous, this illegal war of Putin.