Ranking Member Johnson’s Statement on the Government Shutdown
(Washington, DC) – Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) made the following statement.
“The GOP forced government shutdown is a disservice to the hard-working professionals in the Federal government and to the American people. Our federal agencies have a long history of working hard on research and education programs that return huge payoffs to the American people both in economic growth and societal benefits. Those agencies are basically closed for business today. As Ranking Member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, I want to highlight that as our competitors in other countries surge ahead in their R&D investments, we have basically shut down our federal science and technology enterprise. I urge my colleagues to pass a clean continuing resolution to end this shutdown.”
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