Huffman Statement on Vote to Avert Extreme Republican Government Shutdown
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release:
"At the 11th hour - after weeks of chaotic attempts to use the threat of a government shutdown to leverage their extreme MAGA agenda - I was glad to see House Republicans fold and agree to do what Democrats have been ready to do all along: pass a "clean" short-term funding measure to keep the government running, and to include critical supplemental disaster relief. I voted � . . .
"At the 11th hour - after weeks of chaotic attempts to use the threat of a government shutdown to leverage their extreme MAGA agenda - I was glad to see House Republicans fold and agree to do what Democrats have been ready to do all along: pass a "clean" short-term funding measure to keep the government running, and to include critical supplemental disaster relief. I voted � . . .