Congressman Eric Swalwell

So we should not take any bait from the media that we can keep it open. No, they need to fund it and keep it open. And if they need our votes to actually protect and help people, then we should insist that they actually put all of this back in place, especially healthcare, retirement security, public safety. And I wouldn't trust them

So we should not take any bait from the media that we can keep it open. No, they need to fund it and keep it open. And if they need our votes to actually protect and help people, then we should insist that they actually put all of this back in place, especially healthcare, retirement security, public safety. And I wouldn't trust them

So we should not take any bait from the media that we can keep it open. No, they need to fund it and keep it open. And if they need our votes to actually protect and help people, then we should insist that they actually put all of this back in place, especially healthcare, retirement security, public safety. And I wouldn't trust them

longer than 30 days i would not give them a budget for longer than 30 days at a time i just kind of my seven-year-old just ran across the screen here i don't trust him for longer than a couple weeks at a time whenever i strike a deal with him and so i would say here's your money come back to me in 30 days if you keep our deal i'll give you 30 more days and 30 more days and 30 more days because we would be fools if we gave them a nine-month budget and believe that they would actually honor any of it they will they would

longer than 30 days i would not give them a budget for longer than 30 days at a time i just kind of my seven-year-old just ran across the screen here i don't trust him for longer than a couple weeks at a time whenever i strike a deal with him and so i would say here's your money come back to me in 30 days if you keep our deal i'll give you 30 more days and 30 more days and 30 more days because we would be fools if we gave them a nine-month budget and believe that they would actually honor any of it they will they would

longer than 30 days i would not give them a budget for longer than 30 days at a time i just kind of my seven-year-old just ran across the screen here i don't trust him for longer than a couple weeks at a time whenever i strike a deal with him and so i would say here's your money come back to me in 30 days if you keep our deal i'll give you 30 more days and 30 more days and 30 more days because we would be fools if we gave them a nine-month budget and believe that they would actually honor any of it they will they would

Absolutely not do it. And we will do the rules. So we cannot give away the leverage that we have, which is that they can't get their act together. And by the way, in the last Congress, they needed us for the majority of the votes to keep government open every single time. The margins have only gotten thinner because we picked up 10 seats. So they're not going to get better at this.

Absolutely not do it. And we will do the rules. So we cannot give away the leverage that we have, which is that they can't get their act together. And by the way, in the last Congress, they needed us for the majority of the votes to keep government open every single time. The margins have only gotten thinner because we picked up 10 seats. So they're not going to get better at this.

Absolutely not do it. And we will do the rules. So we cannot give away the leverage that we have, which is that they can't get their act together. And by the way, in the last Congress, they needed us for the majority of the votes to keep government open every single time. The margins have only gotten thinner because we picked up 10 seats. So they're not going to get better at this.

They're going to just continue to show their asses and not be able to pass a budget. Sorry, I'm keeping my person down with the babies upstairs.

They're going to just continue to show their asses and not be able to pass a budget. Sorry, I'm keeping my person down with the babies upstairs.

They're going to just continue to show their asses and not be able to pass a budget. Sorry, I'm keeping my person down with the babies upstairs.

I don't trust them one bit. That's why in this government funding vote that we have coming up, we as Democrats, if we just sign off, co-sign on what they're doing and give them the votes, to me, forget it. They've shown us they're not honoring what Congress has done in the past. I spoke, I was in the Midwest because I think Democrats need to go everywhere. I was in Missouri on Thursday.

I don't trust them one bit. That's why in this government funding vote that we have coming up, we as Democrats, if we just sign off, co-sign on what they're doing and give them the votes, to me, forget it. They've shown us they're not honoring what Congress has done in the past. I spoke, I was in the Midwest because I think Democrats need to go everywhere. I was in Missouri on Thursday.

I don't trust them one bit. That's why in this government funding vote that we have coming up, we as Democrats, if we just sign off, co-sign on what they're doing and give them the votes, to me, forget it. They've shown us they're not honoring what Congress has done in the past. I spoke, I was in the Midwest because I think Democrats need to go everywhere. I was in Missouri on Thursday.

And this small business owner told me he had a $20 million contract that he already fulfilled from USAID. And he was told we're not paying it because of these doge cuts. And he had been making calls all that day to lay off his team. I mean, that's funny. This is like what they're doing to people.

And this small business owner told me he had a $20 million contract that he already fulfilled from USAID. And he was told we're not paying it because of these doge cuts. And he had been making calls all that day to lay off his team. I mean, that's funny. This is like what they're doing to people.

And this small business owner told me he had a $20 million contract that he already fulfilled from USAID. And he was told we're not paying it because of these doge cuts. And he had been making calls all that day to lay off his team. I mean, that's funny. This is like what they're doing to people.

So we as Democrats, if they need our votes to keep government open, we should insist, as I said, on the shortest runway for them to spend money, make sure they honor their deals before we even give them another round of funding. That's the leverage that we have. And if they don't honor that, then then, yes, I will agree with you. Then we are in a different place.

So we as Democrats, if they need our votes to keep government open, we should insist, as I said, on the shortest runway for them to spend money, make sure they honor their deals before we even give them another round of funding. That's the leverage that we have. And if they don't honor that, then then, yes, I will agree with you. Then we are in a different place.