VIDEO: Lowey Shares Trump Shutdown Stories on House Floor

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, today delivered a speech on the House Floor sharing stories about constituents in her district who have been impacted by the Trump Shutdown:

“Mr. Speaker, federal workers should not have to struggle to pay their bills just because my colleagues across the aisle and the president refuse to end the Trump Shutdown.

“They should not be in a position of having to apply for unemployment while continuing to work without pay—which is exactly what one of my constituents from Westchester County, New York, has been forced to do.

“Others in my district – nonprofit employees working reduced hours because of the shutdown – have been forced to rely on food donations to feed their families.

“It is inexcusable that Republicans have rejected 11 opportunities to end the Trump Shutdown, pay workers, and reopen government.

“I urge them to come to their senses and reopen government without further delay.”

Hours before Lowey delivered her remarks, the House passed its tenth bill to reopen the government and end the Trump Shutdown – a Continuing Resolution to reopen the Department of Homeland Security through February 28 and guarantee that Homeland Security employees receive back pay. The ten bills passed by the House also include a package of six conferenced appropriations bills, a CR through February 28, an emergency disaster appropriations bill that included a CR through February 8, four individual bipartisan Senate appropriations bills, a package of six bipartisan Senate appropriations bills, and a CR for Homeland Security through February 8. House Republicans blocked the passage of an 11th bill, a CR through February 1.

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