Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Wednesday sharply accused Democrats of breaking “their contract with taxpayers” by refusing to reopen the federal government and asserted on Newsmax that the shutdown is stalling key economic momentum.
“All of the momentum, all of the investments that the president has done with our fair trade practices, with our tariff revenue, all of that comes to a screeching halt and the momentum stops for the American people,” Chavez-DeRemer told “American Agenda,” warning that crucial programs like her department’s Make America Skilled Again grants will be suspended, depriving Americans of training and businesses of skilled workers.
“You don’t negotiate appropriations and policy during a shutdown,” she said. “That is the one tenet that elected leaders have, and that’s to keep the government open. That’s what they’re elected to do, to have the government work for them.
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