House Speaker Mike Johnson

I don't know, but I'll tell you what needs to happen.

Some other Senate Democrats need to come to their senses and realize they should not be blamed for the pain that's being inflicted on the people.

Make it stop as soon as possible.

Do the right thing and join your Republican colleagues and open the government back up.

No, not since the Oval Office meeting.

But I'll tell you what, the president made an impassioned plea while we were there to please not do this.

Please don't shut the government down, Chuck.

And he was spurned.

And Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries walked out defiantly.

They wanted to pick this fight.

It's very clear.

The question everybody's asking is how long.

October 15th, troops begin to lose a real paycheck.

And you've got TSA agents and border patrol agents and all these people sacrificing their own safety to protect everyone else and they won't be paid.

You've got nutrition programs and health services and FEMA services and all sorts of other things stalled.

And half the civilian workforce of the federal government is now furloughed.

This is dangerous stuff.

Real people are being hurt.

Air traffic controllers are falling back on their jobs because they don't have enough personnel.

This is serious stuff.