Each day hardworking parents, farmers, ranchers, linesmen, teachers, and laborers across the country get out of bed and do what it takes to provide for their families and pay their bills. This week, as Americans continued to go to work, unfortunately ideological, partisan demands from Senate Democrats again obstructed commonsense legislation to keep the federal government open. As a result, funding for the government lapsed, initiating a shutdown.
This shutdown is especially unfortunate for our servicemembers and federal law enforcement officers who continue working but won’t receive their pay until the shutdown ends. It is also unfortunate for veterans and others who are served by federal agencies which have had to furlough thousands of employees. Ultimately, it is unfortunate for the American people, who fulfill their responsibilities without complaint and deserve to see their tax dollars managed reasonably and effectively.
The fact is this unfortunate shutdown was avoidable. On September 19th, well before the funding deadline of September 30th, House Republicans did our job to pass a clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution (CR) which would have prevented a shutdown and provided time to responsibly address spending for the next fiscal year. Democrats supported enactment of similar legislation 13 times while President Biden was in theWhite House.
