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Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) released the following statement after the House passed legislation to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown.

“After weeks of hard work, Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate, and the White House had a compromise agreement to fund the government. Then Elon Musk blew up the deal. House Republicans stripped out the support for children, seniors, and others from the original agreement, bringing us chaos and to the brink of a shutdown. Thanks to Leader Jeffries, we were able to negotiate a new agreement that I voted for that supports our troops, farmers, and communities and prevents a dangerous shutdown.

“We will be at the negotiating table again in the new Congress and I urge House Republicans to accept what has always been true – the only way we advance policy is by working in a bipartisan way.”