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Democrats are Doing Everything but Being Legislators

A small business, whether it's good times or bad, has to sit down and figure out how to make the budget work. Washington needs to do the same thing. That means House Democrats and Senate Democrats need to stop having temper tantrums, stop making trillion and a half dollar demands for illegal immigrant healthcare, and vote to open up the government.
 
When they had an opportunity to actually govern, House Democrats voted to shut the government down. I joined Fox News' The Faulkner Focus to discuss how we should open the government back up again and end this madness.

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Government Shutdown Hurts Louisiana Families

There are real consequences for American families during a government shutdown. Military troops who are out there defending our freedoms will not get paid during a shutdown. The men and women of our Coast Guard won’t get paid either. Millions of families across our country who need flood insurance, including thousands here in Louisiana, will also be impacted by the shutdown because Democrats allowed the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to lapse. During a lapse, the NFIP is unable to write new policies or renew existing policies. So, if you're trying to close on a house in Southeast Louisiana where you need flood insurance, you can not get a new NFIP policy. I joined WDSU earlier this week to discuss how a shutdown affects us in South Louisiana.

Click here to read about the additional consequences of the Democrat shutdown in Louisiana.

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