00:00We believe the long national nightmare will be over tonight.
00:03It was completely and utterly foolish and pointless in the end, as we said all along.
00:08I just want to apologize to any Americans who are out there who still have flight cancellations or delays today.
00:14I want to apologize to the many American families who were made to go hungry over the last several weeks,
00:19our troops and other federal employees who are wondering where their next paycheck would come from.
00:24All of that's on the Democrats.
00:25Just never forget, they voted 15 times between the House and the Senate to close your government.
00:31And the Republicans tried every single day of the shutdown to open it.
00:34And we voted 15 times to do that.
00:37They have a lot to answer for.
00:38And I just want to say that we're very optimistic about the vote tally tonight.
00:43We think this is going to happen.
00:44And we're sorry that it took this long.
00:47So Republicans are going to deliver for the people.
00:49We're ready to get back to our legislative agenda.
00:51We have a very aggressive calendar for the remainder of this year.
00:54There will be some long days and nights here, some long working weeks.
00:57But we will get this thing back on track.
00:59So thank you all.
01:00Stay tuned for more tonight.
01:01House Democrats will continue to support our men and women in uniform.
01:07We will continue to support hardworking federal employees.
01:11We will continue to support our law enforcement personnel.
01:16House Democrats will continue to support our air traffic controllers.
01:20We will continue to support our TSA agents.
01:23We will continue to support our civil servants who have been under attack since day one of the Trump administration.
01:32But we cannot support the Republican effort to gut the health care of the American people.
01:38Now, Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the presidency.
01:44They own the mess that has been created in the United States of America.
01:50They own it.
01:53And our message to the American people is no matter what happens on the floor later on today,
02:00our promise to you remains the same.
02:04House Democrats will continue to fight to make your life more affordable.
02:10House Democrats will continue the fight to address the Republican health care crisis.
02:16And House Democrats will fight to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
02:21This fight is not over.
02:22We're just getting started.
02:24So thank you very much.
02:25Applaudissements
02:28Thank you very much.
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