Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.:

As you said, we have proposed physical barriers in strategic areas. What we will not do is operate under a total threat of shutdown.

And the reason why is because this will become habit-forming for President Trump. If he thinks that every time he doesn't get his way, he can shut down the government like this, it will be a recipe for continuing government shutdowns.

So I will say that, if you look at the proposal the president made the other day from the Oval Office, as you look more closely, it includes all these poison pills that he didn't talk about. It would actually change our asylum laws in ways which would make it much harder for unaccompanied adults who have been victims of sexual violence and were the victims of sexual trafficking to seek asylum in the United States.

A lot of things like that that were in that proposal. We should not be holding the entire country hostage in the process. And that's why this two-week time-out is a good idea. It's not the best idea, by any means. But it is the best option on the table today.