09/18/2019
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"Unemployment has stayed below 4 percent for 19 straight months."
"It is critical that we replenish the Disaster Relief Fund as soon as possible."
"A shutdown would harm critical programs and delay the paychecks of Federal employees causing great harm to these public servants and the public."
"Some Republicans have indicated they want to gut the civil service system, which ensures a nonpartisan, merit-based, professional Federal workforce."