Government shutdown

Leaving taxpayers to rely on nothing more than a promise from Donald Trump’s personal fixer. That is not accountability. That is a permission slip.

— Said by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) during the debate over immigration-enforcement funding and the Trump settlement fund.

It's inexcusable that our security agents, our frontline agents, that are essential to what we do, are not being paid, and it's ridiculous to see them being used as political chips.

— Ed Bastian, Delta Air Lines CEO, told CNBC about the TSA shutdown.

It’s difficult, if not impossible, to put food on the table, put gas in the car and pay rent when you are not getting paid.

— In a letter from the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue urging Congress to restore DHS funding and ensure pay for federal aviation workers.

I voted seven times to fully fund the government.

— Lindsey Graham told Newsweek he had been in South Florida to discuss normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and later went to Orlando to meet friends. He said, 'I voted seven times to fully fund the government,' and to 'Call a Democrat.'