Hi. Congressman ███ here calling from █████████████. I'm calling to invite you to join us live telephone town hall. I'm holding right now to provide a government shutdown update and address any questions that you may have. Just stay on the line to be connected to the town hall. Please hold while we connect you to your Access Live event. This Access Live event is currently in progress. Please note that this call may be monitored, recorded or rebroadcast. Senate Democrats chose to put politics over people. In fact, as of today, Senate Democrats have now voted to keep the government shut down ██ times. They rejected the same kind of clean funding extension that they supported just six months ago. All to secure political points. █████████████ said, every day gets better for us, right? That was a quote of his. ██████████████ said, if you reopen the government, we lose our leverage. Let that sink in. Democrats are celebrating a shutdown. That's keeping our troops, our law enforcement and our Border Patrol agents working without pay. That's not governing, that gamesmanship. And we're seeing all types of cringeworthy activities of Democrats on Capitol Hill now trying to score TikTok points, I guess. At the expense of the American people. Again. This is Congressman ███████████. If you have a question, Please press star 3. We'd love to have hear your opinion and hear your questions. Because of this Democrat. Let's shut down. Let's talk about what actually happens. ███ million active duty service members are working without pay. Nearly ██