“I am pleased that we were able to put a deal in place to open the government, get people back to work and avoid further self-inflicted damage to our economy. It was my hope that we could have come to an agreement to avoid a government shutdown to begin with. However, once we found ourselves there, I was frustrated to see the President and Senate leadership continually refuse to engage in bipartisan negotiations and neglect the opportunity to hash out real solutions to the problems threatening the prosperity of our country, instead choosing to use the shutdown to inflict pain on workers, critical programs, our veterans and our military families in hopes of shifting political blame.
“This bill may have put an end to the current crisis of today, but the crisis of our debt will still exist tomorrow. I sincerely hope that now with this deal in place, having learned the painful consequences of unyielding political brinksmanship, we can stop the political blame game, get off the treadmill of kicking the can down the road, and seriously move forward in addressing a long term budget plan.”
McKeon Statement on Vote to End Govt. Shutdown
