US nuclear weapons could be at risk due to shutdown

He said this on October 2.

We have about eight days of funding left for the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees our nuclear weapons arsenal, nuclear submarine engines, and aircraft carriers. After those eight days, we will have to go into emergency shutdown procedures that put the country at risk.

He also accused Democrats of delaying the appointment of more than 20 people in his department.

On October 3, lawmakers in the upper house of the US Congress failed to pass a resolution to resume government funding, extending the country's shutdown until at least next week.