october 16, when the vote was aken, to open up government, 144 republicans voted to keep government shut down. among those who voted to shut down government were speaker ryan, wasn't speaker then, but a leader in his country -- in his party. speaker ryan, mccarthy, scalise, mcmorris rodgers and mulvaney. and when it was time to open it up, ryan, scalise, and mulvaney all voted to keep government shut down. we believe in governance. we believe in meeting the needs of americans. democrats are not about shut do you think government. so don't hand us that. in any event, i'm hopeful that the overtures being made by the other side, on the other side, will lead to something very positive. we had a very positive caucus this morning where members again following up on acting upon their values determined to get the job done. champion in rallying those forces is our distinguished majority whip for the moment, well, steny hoyer. mr. hoyer: whatever whatever i am at any given moment, i'm pleased to be here. all of you know republicans control all the levers of government. they control the house they