Thanks to Ted Cruz and his band of Tea Party extremists, the government was shut down for 16 days. As many as 800,000 hardworking Americans were hit with full or partial furloughs. Cancer Centers were turning away patients — even children.

The American people expect Congress to act, not dig in their heels and put the American economy at risk. Sign up below to join Debbie Wasserman Schultz in calling on Ted Cruz and Tea Partiers in Congress to stop the tantrums and start working toward solutions.