Van Hollen: We Don’t Think Any President Should Hold the Country and Federal Employees ‘Hostage’

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VAN HOLLEN: "That’s not the case. We want to re-open the Government. We don’t think any president should be holding the country and 800,000 federal employees hostage for any kind of demand. We should be opening the Government and then we can discuss the best approach to border security. And we’ve always said we’re happy to have that conversation. I should point out, Chris, in the Senate Appropriations Committee, we provided the level of funding the President actually asked for in his budget this year, which was $1.6 billion."