WASHINGTON, D.C – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger released the following statement today after voting with a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to keep the federal government open and protect Virginia's economy. 'We should never have come this close to a government shutdown. Thousands of Virginians I represent feared for days a situation in which they would be forced to work without pay, be furloughed or struggle to make ends meet. And for months, Virginia businesses sounded the alarm about the devastating impact of the closures on Virginia's economy.

https://shepherdgazette.com/spanberger-statement-on-voting-to-keep-government-open-and-protect-virginias-economy/

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