Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., wants Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take up one of the bills proposed by House Democrats to end the government shutdown.

“This situation is absurd and it’s time to end [the shutdown],” Fitzpatrick said on Saturday, according to Robert Costa of the Washington Post. “Who feels safe flying today? People are worried.”



Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) tells me he's urging GOP leaders to prod McConnell to take up one of the House Democrats' bills to reopen the government. "This situation is absurd and it's time to end [the shutdown]... who feels safe flying today? People are worried." — Robert Costa (@costareports) January 12, 2019

On Wednesday, only eight Republicans voted alongside Democrats for a bill that would have reopened some federal agencies. Fitzpatrick, a moderate Republican, was one of them. Those agencies that were funded in that legislation had little to do with national security, like the Treasury and IRS.

The affected federal agencies and departments ran out of funding at midnight Dec. 21, when Trump and Democrats could not reach an agreement on a spending bill that included funding for the construction of a physical barrier at the southern border.