Congresswoman Fudge speaks on government shut down ending, calls for bipartisan truce
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| U.S. Representative Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) |
By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues (www.clevelandurbannews.com) Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, released a press statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives last night voted to pass legislation that ends the government shutdown and avoids default.
The legislation, H.R. 2775, passed the House with 285 yeas and 144 nays.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), a Warrensville Heights Democrat and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus of Blacks in Congress, released a press statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives last night voted to pass legislation that ends the government shutdown and avoids default.
The legislation, H.R. 2775, passed the House with 285 yeas and 144 nays.
“I am pleased the House has finally acted responsibly to reopen the government, and make sure our bills are paid on time, at least in the short term," said Fudge in a press statement to Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper.
"However, the constant conflict that has come to define Congress puts our country and the American people at risk and we cannot continue to function in a manner that drives us from one crisis to the next,” said Congresswoman Fudge.
"However, the constant conflict that has come to define Congress puts our country and the American people at risk and we cannot continue to function in a manner that drives us from one crisis to the next,” said Congresswoman Fudge.
The impasse came to a climax just over two weeks ago after Republicans, led by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, initiated the 16-day shutdown in an unsuccessful attempt to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's sweeping healthcare plan that Congress passed into law in 2010, a controversial law that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld as constitutional last year.
“We still need a budget that includes a sound fiscal strategy for this nation. Otherwise, we will once again be forced to vote on a temporary solution," said Fudge, whose predominantly Black 11th congressional district includes Cleveland and a pocket of Akron, Ohio. "Our military personnel, federal employees, veterans, seniors, families and small business owners should never have to face another manufactured crisis because of partisan politics.”
Fudge said that collaboration across the aisles of Congress reopened the government, ensuring that hundreds of thousands will be able to return to work.
Millions will have services restored, she said, before calling for a bi-partisan truce among congressional leaders and other members of Congress.
"I sincerely hope House Republicans will resolve to lay aside extreme partisan demands in the future and put Americans’ needs first," said Fudge. "We must remind ourselves we were sent here to work together to resolve issues, not create problems for the entire world to endure.”
Millions will have services restored, she said, before calling for a bi-partisan truce among congressional leaders and other members of Congress.
"I sincerely hope House Republicans will resolve to lay aside extreme partisan demands in the future and put Americans’ needs first," said Fudge. "We must remind ourselves we were sent here to work together to resolve issues, not create problems for the entire world to endure.”
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