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“You have never won a government shutdown. And you won't win this one either. Your currency in this institution is your word. We reached an agreement. We came to modest achievements. And a tweet changed all of it? Can you imagine what the next two years are going to be like if every time the Congress works its will and then there's a tweet?

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“This institution has a separate responsibility based upon the separation of powers. Members of Congress don't serve under presidents of the United States. It's called the national principle.

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“I'm in favor of aid to North Carolina. I'm in support of aid of the farmers in Missouri. We come to the aid of the American family at moments like this, but you've walked away from your word. You're walked away from an agreement. That's what we're bothered by. A simple suggestion from the president-elect that you ought to abandon that principle?

“And this is what this is about. This is trying to raise the debt ceiling to disguise a big tax cut that they want to offer later on. In December of 2017, the TCJA was rendered and my friends, particularly the ones that have been here for a while, you know what I'm about to say is true. You borrowed the money for a tax cut 2. 3 trillion for a tax cut for wealthy people. And when you see the distribution tables, you'll know who got what.”

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