And we just don't fold up our tent and go home when things aren't going right. We stay here and finish the job. We get the job done. As Republicans, we will be here to do the people's business. If you and representative Jaros and other Democrats decide to fold up the tent and go home, that will be your decision. But Republicans will stay here, we'll finish the job, and do the work of the citizens of the state of Minnesota.

And I think that's what we're elected to do. It's not easy, we certainly aren't getting, Representative Rukavina, we're not getting the proper respect from the Senate, from your colleagues in the Senate that we ought to get. Their reaction to our proposal last week was very, very disappointing.

The Senate DFL and to some degree the House DFL with representative Entenza being part of it, is willing to shut down state government just because they want to raise taxes. Because they want to raise the tax burden so bad, it doesn't make any difference if it's gas, if it's income, if it's property tax, if it's statewide property tax, if it's FOC [foreign operating corporations], Democrats want to raise taxes so bad they'll shut down state government. Well, Republicans are going to stay here, we're going to do the people's business, we're going to do the work, and we're not going to increase tax burdens on the citizens of the state.