End of Longest Ever Government Shutdown in Sight, as House Prepares to Send Bill to Trump

TIME

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history could end as soon as Wednesday evening, as the Republican-led House is poised to approve a spending package that would restore funding to large parts of the federal government, sending the measure to President Donald Trump, who has said he will sign it.

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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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