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Even as the

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shutdown started

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Wisconsin Republican

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U.S. Senator Ron Johnson

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proposed a bill called

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Eliminate Shutdowns Act.

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And all it does

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is if you don't

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appropriate money

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for government prior

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to the beginning of

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the fiscal year

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or any department

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doesn't shut down government

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doesn't shut down

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those departments

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just establishes

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a rolling 14-day

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continuing appropriation.

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So then the appropriators

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have time to pass

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an appropriation bill.

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I was disappointed

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that every Democrat

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voted against

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that, when we

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voted on Monday.

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But we also had

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12 appropriators

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Republican appropriators

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voted against it

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because they said

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it would undercut

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the appropriation process.

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But let me just describe

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that process

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that's been undercut.

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I've been here 15 years

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15 appropriations cycles.

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That means

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180 appropriation bills

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should have been passed

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before the end

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of the fiscal year

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on time.

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You know how many

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have been passed?

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Six.

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That's a 96.7% failure rate.

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That's apparently what

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the Alleviate

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Shutdown Act

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would undermine

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or undercut.

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What is your response

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to President Trump

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seeming to use

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the shutdown

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as predicate

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to cut agency budgets

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and personnel?

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Well, first of all

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in the private sector

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when your company goes

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bankrupt, you know

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unfortunately people

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lose their jobs

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and they have to go

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find employment

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elsewhere.

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And so I don't see why

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public service

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public sector employees

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should be immune to what

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we all have

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to experience in

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the private sector.