Exactly one year after President Trump was sworn into office, our government has shut down. Americans don’t deserve this kind of dysfunction. We have to act now.
Fresno County –
Government by crisis is not an effective way to lead this country and we need to fight back now if we’re going to reopen the government, fund essential priorities and save the Dreamers from being deported.
I am confident that if enough of us come together this weekend we can make Republican leaders hear the voices of the American people who are rightly frustrated. Let’s use this opportunity to reject the false choices of our politics and do the right thing. So I’m asking:
This is not some partisan political game — this is about people’s lives. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees, many of whom are living paycheck to paycheck, are facing furloughs — and the Dreamers are still terrified that they could face deportation.
I think you’ll agree that the American people deserve better than a dysfunctional Congress that won’t stand up to this president’s weak leadership and anti-immigrant policies.
We need this government shutdown to end as quickly as possible and that’s why I’m asking you to make your voice heard today and tell Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and all Republicans to do the right thing:
Thanks for all you do,
Kamala Harris
U.S. Senator, California