Within hours of being sworn-in for the 116th Congress, the House passed bipartisan legislation that Senate Republicans had already passed in December to fund and reopen the government. This shutdown, which is affecting millions of families, is a manufactured crisis. 1/
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By holding our government hostage, the President is harming our national security, hurting the very citizens he promised to elevate, and crippling our economy. This shutdown has already lasted 18 days and 800,000 federal workers are at risk of losing their paychecks. 3/
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Millions more are unable to access services our government should be providing. We have already voted to reopen the government. I will continue to work to serve our district and restore a functioning American government. 4/4
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I have been hearing about comprehensive immigration reform for most of my voting life and it never materializes. It seems that most politicians like to keep it as a campaign issue as apposed to doing their job and actually doing it.
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