Down Quote by Susan Collins

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

— Jeb Hensarling

Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down…

— David Scott

I think it is unwise to shut down the government.

— Kathy Szeliga

“You want to shut me up with your illegal none disclosure agreement?”

— Steven Magee

I Want To Shut These Voices Out Of My Head,Or At Least Turn Them Down.

— Anonymous

If your kid comes out of the bedroom and says he just shut down the government, he should have an outfit for that.

— John Waters

Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to do this.…

— Tom Coburn

The president is entitled to try to persuade Congress and the American people to pursue whatever policies he thinks are needed. But he is…

— Tom Malinowski

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.

— Stephen Colbert

Unfortunately, Republicans repeatedly waste taxpayer time and money, and even shut down the government, in efforts to repeal ACA. We simply cannot afford this…

— Brad Schneider

I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible… [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance…

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

They pushed us into the fight to defund Obamacare and shut down the government. And the day before the government reopened, one of these…

— John Boehner