Additionally, I asked private banks and childcare providers to provide flexibility to financially strained federal workers. I also introduced legislation to end future shutdowns, urged the administration to protect the security clearances of affected employees, and wrote to a number of agencies and entities, including the FDA, USDA, Treasury, and WMATA to request information regarding the overall effect that the shutdown has had on our country.
Office of Personnel Management to ensure that federally-connected families do not lose their vision and dental insurance after two missed pay periods, and passed a bill that will give back pay to federal employees as soon as our government reopens. Throughout this chaos, I have been in Washington working to get our government back on track. Many have dipped into their savings or retirement accounts, and none of them see an end in sight. To make matters worse, hundreds of thousands of workers missed their second paycheck today. Too many federal workers and contractors have now lived through over a month of uncertainty, not knowing how they will feed their families or pay their bills.
Today is the 34 th day of President Trump’s shutdown.