.@SecretaryLCD on protecting the American worker from H-1B visa abuse with 'Project Firewall':
"We have over 175 investigations that we've opened... I've signed those investigations personally because we want to make sure that these companies are not abusing."
.@SecretaryLCD: "The Schumer Shutdown is hurting ALL Americans — not only our current workforce, but our future workforce... As a former member of Congress, I voted 5 times for a Clean C.R. under the Biden Administration... because we never want to play games on the backs of the American people—and that's what's happening."
.@epaleezeldin: "We've been getting permits at the Trump Administration, at Trump speed... The longer this shutdown goes on though, and we have to furlough more employees, yes, we're going to start to see an impact across the board — and that's why this shutdown needs to end."
.@SecScottBessent low-key cooks George Slopodopolous on the Democrat Shutdown: "You were involved in a lot of these in the 90s. You basically called the Republicans 'terrorists.' You said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed."
The only person playing politics is @SenSchumer, who voted 14 times to keep the government closed.
14 times he refused to pay air traffic controllers.
14 times to keep Americans’ flights delayed.
14 times to use public pain as leverage.
And then he says every day gets better!
.@epaleezeldin says the Democrat shutdown is going to cause a "far more severe, drastic furlough... to kick in at the EPA."
"I don't want to hear Congressional Democrats in the future talking about how important it is to be dealing with Clean Air Act... if right now, they're talking about this environmental impact as 'leverage' to be able to gain more power."
"[Goldman Sachs] is estimating that we've already knocked about 1.5% off of GDP," says National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on the Democrat Shutdown.
"We have to get this government open."
🚨 @SecDuffy issues a stark warning about Thanksgiving travel if the Democrat Shutdown continues:
"You're going to have air travel slowed to a trickle... It's not going to happen. You're going to have massive disruption... We have to be honest about where this is going."
"We had to stop the [inflation] increase first. Now we are starting to see prices level off, come down — gasoline is down, interest rates are down so mortgages are down," says @SecScottBessent. "Over the coming months, in the next year, prices are going to come down."
.@SecScottBessent: "We are not going to negotiate with the Democrats until they reopen the government. It's very simple — reopen the government, then we can have a discussion."
.@SecScottBessent on the Democrat Shutdown: "We've seen an impact on the economy from day one — but it's getting worse and worse... There are estimates that economic growth for this quarter could be cut by as much as half if this shutdown continues."
.@SecDuffy: "We have done all we can to make sure we minimize disruption, that we keep the airspace safe... there's only one side that has voted every single time—14 times—to keep the government shut down. It's only Republicans who have voted to open it up."
.@SecScottBessent low-key cooks George Slopodopolous on the Democrat Shutdown: "You were involved in a lot of these in the 90s. You basically called the Republicans 'terrorists.' You said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed."
.@SecDuffy: "Yesterday, we had 81 staffing triggers with air traffic controllers across the airspace... that trendline is getting worse. More controllers aren't coming to work day by day, the further they go without a paycheck — because Democrats refuse to pay them."
CNN: "Do you have any sort of numerical idea of how many Americans will not be able to be with their families for the holidays?"
@SecDuffy: "I think the number is going to be substantial."
DEMOCRATS — END THE SHUTDOWN!