WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: America Needs the House-Led Clean CR

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republicans in the House and Senate are committed to funding the government with a clean Continuing Resolution (CR). Key organizations representing the interests of hardworking Americans spoke out on the harm of the Democrat orchestrated government shutdown.

Here’s what they are saying:

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR):
“Passing a clean CR that keeps the federal government functioning is the right thing to do. Instead of providing illegal aliens with Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare tax credits, Congressional Democrats should focus on American interests and protecting the livelihoods of federal workers who are not able to do their jobs because of their radical, anti-borders demands.”

National Taxpayers Union (NTU):
“Shutdowns never work out well for taxpayers. They drive down the trust that Americans have for the government, and display the inability of adults to act like adults.” 

Concerned Women for America (CWA):
“Instead of voting on a clean continuing resolution to keep the government open for seven weeks, the Democrats are choosing to inflict pain on thousands of hardworking American families. They are holding the government hostage so they can extract another $1.5 trillion of taxpayer dollars for partisan Democrat policies that do not center on American families, like healthcare for illegal immigrants and extending taxpayer subsidies for gender mutilation procedures. Americans are the ones paying the price of this selfish, Democrat political game. The women I represent are not buying, and it needs to end now.”

Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC):
“Reminder: The House has already passed a clean CR. The Senate can - and should - advance the current spending levels to reopen the government and continue negotiations on full-year appropriations.”

American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC):
“America’s independent oil and natural gas producers work every day to deliver the energy that powers our economy, and a fully functioning federal government is critical to supporting domestic energy production. Government shutdowns threaten to stall the development of oil and gas resources on federal lands – delaying energy projects and hurting consumers who depend on affordable, reliable energy. AXPC urges Congress to pass the Continuing Resolution to keep the government open.” 

Heritage Action’s Executive Vice President Tiffany Justice:
“Shutdown Schumer’s hypocrisy was on full display as he rejected the same deal he supported just months ago and blocked a clean CR, a move he previously called ‘reckless partisan posturing.’ Democrats are taking the people’s government ransom, demanding a price we can’t afford. They want $1.5 trillion for extra spending, Green New Deal scams, and even more benefits for illegal aliens—but we won’t bow to radical activists cosplaying as lawmakers. The American people gave President Trump a mandate to save our country from the washed-up Washington Democrats intent on destroying it. They may not think voters can see through their performance, but Americans are smarter than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries.”

Americans for Prosperity (AFP):
“The vast majority of Americans expect lawmakers to pass a budget and keep the government open and operating. Regardless of the issue or political Party, no one wins when the government shuts down. We strongly urge Democrats to listen to their own voters and the American people to stop playing politics with government funding and support this clean continuing resolution."

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America:
“Democrats are shutting down the government to try to expand forced taxpayer funding of abortion on demand in Obamacare subsidies. Thank you to President Donald Trump,Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and House Speaker Mike Johnson for standing strong for taxpayers & the unborn.”

American First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) Interim President and CEO Greg Sindelar:
“Americans deserve a government that works without shutting down, but they also deserve fiscal responsibility—after all, it's their money. We support a clean CR to fund essential government functions while preventing reckless spending that further burdens taxpayers.”

Immigration Accountability Project (IAP):
“The harm government shutdowns cause Americans is bipartisan. Reopening the government should be bipartisan, too. Americans voted last November to stop the free handouts to illegal aliens, and Republicans listened. It’s time for Democrats to listen, too, and pass the clean CR to reopen the government.”

Independent Women's Forum (IWF):
“Our nation is buckling under too much federal debt and runaway deficit spending. So why are Democrats shutting down the government to shovel more taxpayer money at wasteful and unpopular government giveaways like National Public Radio? It’s absurd. Spending is up more than 50 percent from just 6 years ago. We need to cut spending, not increase it. That process starts by passing a clean CR so Congress can get back to actual budget debates in front of the American people. The president and Congress should reject Democrats’ attempts to hold the federal government ransom and force them to waste Americans’ money.”

Bull Moose Project:
“Government is supposed to work for the American people. But right now it can't, because Democrats won't let it. Instead of playing political games, they should pass a clean, continuing resolution – and get people back to work.”

Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE):
“If the U.S. Government shuts down at midnight, it will happen because 212 House Democrats and 46 Senate Democrats voted against keeping it open. As Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said during the Biden presidency, "If the government shuts down, it will be average Americans who suffer most . . ." Schumer needs to put the interests of the American people before his partisan political interests. Vote for a clean funding bill to keep the government open!”

Matt Haller, CEO of the International Franchise Association (IFA): 
“The shutdown is now in its second day and is harming new and existing franchise business owners from accessing critical financing from SBA programs like 7a & 504. A clean CR is the quickest way to reopen programs critical to America’s 800,000 small business franchise owners.”