Senator Cotton’s full remarks may be found here and below.

Senator Cotton: Well, I want to thank Speaker Johnson and House Republicans for doing their job, passing a simple, straightforward funding bill to keep the government open for seven weeks.

But here we are in a Schumer shutdown.

And why are we in a Schumer shutdown? I think we all know the answer to that -- because Chuck Schumer is scared of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Chuck Schumer is scared of his radical left-wing base. That's why we're in the Schumer shutdown.

How do we get out of it? Again, let's be clear, as President Trump, Speaker Johnson, and Senator Thune have been. The Democrats need to pass the House's seven-week funding bill. Until then, there's nothing to negotiate, there's no compromises to be had, there's no games, there's no back channels.

There's another vote today in the Senate, and Senate Democrats will hopefully do the right thing. And if they don't today, then they'll have another chance later this week and next week and as long as it takes until the Senate passes the House bill.

That's the way we will end this needless Schumer shutdown.