This Christmas Eve, I invite you to join me in praying for our men and women in uniform. May God bless our service members and their loved ones. I hope families in #TN03 are able to gather and remember the true reason for the season. I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas.

I will never be in favor of a government shutdown. The House took action to prevent a shutdown over border security, and it is a shame the Senate did not follow suit. As Members of Congress, we have a responsibility to fund the government and we also have a duty to protect the American people. These two priorities should never be contradictory to one another. The time is now for Senate Democrats to come to the table and provide the border security funding America needs.

This is a partial government shutdown. Read more about the affected government agencies and departments in my full statement: