Statement on Government Shutdown
April 8, 2011
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement in response to a possible shutdown of the federal government.
Speaker Boehner has refused to accept numerous plans to keep government open and has instead sided with the Tea Party against compromise. One of the first things I learned as an elected official is that compromise is the central tenant of governance. A group of ideologues has managed to bring much of the federal government to halt.
While I too support reducing our deficit, this shutdown is not about the deficit or the national debt. When Nancy Pelosi was Speaker and George W. Bush was President, the government was not shut down because of philosophical decisions. Today, Speaker Boehner is leading an ideological movement to defund birth control for low income women.
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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is serving her ninth term in Congress representing most of the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County. Congresswoman Lofgren is Chair of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation consisting of 34 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.
