‘So, if Democrats won’t allow us to offer any proposals to address this crisis, we’re still going to talk about them anyway. Because Americans need to know that there are some things we could do about this issue in Congress. They need to hear us debate these ideas, and they need to know that Democrat leaders in the Senate won’t even allow a vote on any of them. This whole episode is completely unacceptable. And hopefully at some point, a number of Democrats will recognize that; will recognize that this should be about more than political games.’