Foxx Votes to Keep Government Open, Put Obamacare Uncertainty on Hold

Statement

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today issued the following statement on the second passage of House legislation to avert a government shutdown:

"For the second time in as many weeks, I voted today to keep the federal government open to the American people. Now it is time for the President and Senate to let go of their partisan intransigence and work with us to come to an agreement that is best for this country.

"Our bipartisan legislation fully funds the federal government, guarantees troop pay, puts Obamacare and all its uncertainty for families and small businesses on hold, and permanently repeals Obamacare's innovation hampering medical device tax -- something more than thirty Senate Democrats want removed.

"My job is to serve the people of North Carolina, to make their federal government less obstructive to liberty and more responsive to their needs. That responsibility includes protecting them from bad laws, and not simply capitulating at their expense when the President decides he is unwilling to work in a bipartisan way to strengthen this country.

"The House of Representatives cannot compromise alone. We cannot work together if the President and Senate Democrats refuse to come to the negotiating table. The federal government should remain open, but White House obstinance is standing in the way."

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