If Democrats shut down the government, millions of federal employees won’t be able to work and critical federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health will stop their vital work.
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It’s unfortunate that Democratic leadership is now advising its members to walk away from ongoing negotiations to shut down the federal government.https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/smucker-statement-keeping-federal-government-open …
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Our country could lose billions of dollars in economic activity, the health care for millions of children will be jeopardized, and our brave men and women serving in uniform won’t be guaranteed their next paycheck.
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While this legislation includes lots of good policies, I share the opinion of many of my colleagues that CRs are an imperfect mechanism to fund the federal government. But in the face of a government shutdown, the choice is clear. The American people deserve better.
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Lastly, I have been part of numerous bipartisan discussions over the last few months to improve border security and interior enforcement. A fix for DACA has been included in those discussions.
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If Democrats were serious about providing stability for the hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients anxiously awaiting action by Congress, they would vote to fund the government and continue our negotiations.https://smucker.house.gov/media/press-releases/smucker-statement-keeping-federal-government-open …
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It is a shame that Congress has had months to deal with DACA and CHIP and did nothing
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5 Republican Senators are no
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Plenty of blame to go around. Republicans knew a DACA deal was important to dems and didn't include it, trump sent mixed signals over what he wants, and Republicans pushed through a plan that they didn't think the Senate would approve. Time to work together!
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