Pelosi Statement on Senate Vote on House-Passed Bill to Re-Open Government

Contact: Speaker's Press Office, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Pelosi issued this statement in advance of scheduled Senate votes, first on the President's unacceptable, radical immigration and border demands, and the second, on legislation to re-open the government with a House-passed package consisting of a continuing resolution through February 8 in addition to the disaster supplemental legislation:

"On Thursday, the Senate will have the opportunity to put a bipartisan bill on the President's desk to re-open government and end this senseless shutdown.

"Families across the nation have been suffering under the shutdown for more than a month. There is no excuse for Senate Republicans not to pass this legislation, which contains the funding proposal that they have already supported.

"Senate Republicans need to re-open government, not continue their complicity in the Trump Shutdown with a vote for the President's unacceptable border and immigration schemes that only increase the chaos and suffering at the border.

"The Senate GOP and President Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, and re-open government immediately."

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