During the shutdown, my offices in Rhode Island and DC will remain open. Especially in the midst of these difficult times, please contact us if you are in need of assistance. I want to ensure Rhode Islanders have the information they need and understand how a federal government shutdown may affect their daily lives. Please check this page for important updates and resources once they are made available.
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Read more here from Senator Whitehouse:
Trump and his creepy billionaire backers are trying to swamp the country in chaos, this time by shuttering the federal government. Republicans may control the White House, the Senate, and the House, but they do not want to govern. Speaker Johnson, petrified of a vote to release the Epstein files, has not even brought House Republicans to Washington to make any attempt at solving this.
Democrats will use every bit of leverage we have to swiftly end both the Republican-created health care cost crisis and the widespread misery of this Trump shutdown. For the good of the country, Republican leaders need to start engaging in basic bipartisanship to protect the legislative branch’s power of the purse – a constitutional check on a runaway executive.
