Vance calls on Dems to 'end the craziness' of the Gov shutdown

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00:00You know what we just did was a little round table with leaders in the aviation industry.

00:04We've got leaders of labor represented. We've got leaders of the businesses that are of course

00:09making the airline industry run. And I just wanted to hear from people about the stresses

00:13of the aviation industry in light of the fact of the shutdown. And here's what I found out.

00:17It actually worries me a great deal because I think that as much as delays have gotten worse

00:21over the last couple of weeks, everybody here is very worried that we're going to see

00:27more delays, more stresses on the people who are actually making the aviation system run

00:32and more problems for both the consumers, but also the great workers who actually make

00:36this incredible shining jewel of the American economy actually work and work on time and work

00:42safely. Here are the things that I worry about. I worry about the people who are scanning our bags

00:47and making us get through the security line. I worry they're not getting paychecks. They're

00:50starting to get worried about how to feed their families and how to pay school tuition and everything

00:54else. I worry about the pilots who haven't gotten paid in a long time. I worry about the air traffic

00:59controllers who of course make this entire system extra safe. I worry about them, you know, more

01:04worried about their credit card bill than they should be because they're not getting a paycheck

01:08because Democrats refuse to open the government. Now, I understand that a lot of Americans are sick

01:12of partisanship in Washington, DC. Trust me, I've been here for nine months in this job. I am sick

01:17of partisanship in Washington, DC. But this is very, very simple. Every partisan dispute,

01:22every policy disagreement, all of these things we can talk about, we can reason through, we can

01:28disagree, we can shake hands and compromise on some of those issues, hopefully. But this is something

01:33that every single American, Democrat or Republican or Independent should be able to agree on.

01:38Open the government. Stop this craziness and open the government. It's causing way too many problems.

01:43And some of the folks behind me are the people who are dealing with the problems. Now, let's just recap

01:48exactly what's happened politically in this town related to the government shutdown. We have had now

01:54multiple votes to reopen the United States government. The House of Representatives has voted

02:00affirmatively to reopen the United States government. 52 Republicans and three Democrats consistently vote

02:06to reopen the United States government, but we need 60 votes. So all we need to end the craziness,

02:12to pay the air traffic controllers, to pay the TSA agents, to pay the pilots, to make sure that food

02:17stamp benefits continue to go out to the American people who need them. All we need is five reasonable

02:24Democrats to join three moderate Democrats and 52 Republicans to reopen the government. I want to let

02:30Sean Duffy say something. But before I do, I just want to say to any Democrat in the United States

02:34Senate, we are happy to talk about any policy issue. We're happy to talk about health care policy.

02:39We're happy to talk about tax policy. We're happy to talk about regulatory policy, but not at the point of a gun.

02:45You do not get to take the American people's government hostage and then demand that we give you everything you want

02:52in order to pay our air traffic controllers. It's a ridiculous set of demands. Let's reopen the government and then let's sit down

02:58and talk about how to compromise on policy for the American people.