House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman-designate Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (NY-17) today released legislation to end the Trump Shutdown and reopen the Department of Homeland Security through February 28. The legislation is expected to be considered in the House this week.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, entered the following statement into the Congressional Record today on the Trump Shutdown and its impacts on federal workers and airport safety and security in her district and throughout the country. “Federal workers missed their first paycheck, and still there is no end in sight to this cruel and senseless shutdown. It is truly shameful that President Trump and Congressional Republicans are so desperate to secure taxpayer funding for an irrational border wall that they’re willing to harm hardworking Americans and jeopardize national security by shutting down the
What’s up with the partial government shutdown on Day 31: WHAT’S NEW Lawmakers marked the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with commemorative statements and memorial visits. But there appeared to be no movement on the shutdown front. Instead, Democrats continued to criticize a proposal President Donald Trump unveiled Saturday offering to trade temporary protections for some immigrants for $5.7 billion for his long-promised border wall. Trump had framed the idea as a “compromise,” but Democrats immediately panned it, saying it was a no-go. Still, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to move to voting on consideration of the proposal
NEW YORK (AP) —Routine food inspections aren’t getting done because of the partial government shutdown, but checks of the riskiest foods areexpected to resume next week, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The agency said it’s working to bring back about 150 employees to inspect riskier foods such as cheese, infant formula and produce. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency can’t make the case that “a routine inspection of a Nabisco cracker facility” is necessary during the shutdown, however. The FDA doesn’t oversee meat and poultry and those inspections are continuing. Gottlieb said FDA inspections would have ramped
The Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement on the Trump Shutdown in an effort to provide the public with additional context and clarification about its causes – causes that are being mischaracterized and misattributed by Congressional Republicans and the President.