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  Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) released the following statement after Senate Democrats failed to continue funding the federal government, maintain critical military operations and provide a long-term reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that covers nearly 9 million children across the country and over 161,000 in Louisiana:

“Using our children and our military personnel as bargaining chips is absolutely unacceptable. Still, members of the Democratic party have refused to separate pending deadlines from partisan agenda by placing amnesty for illegal immigrants over the critical needs of the American people. Rather than gambling with the 9 million children who depend on the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the hard-earned salaries of our service members, or the state of our now vigorous and growing economy, Republicans voted to ensure stability and protect American priorities. It is up to Senate Democrats to end this needless shutdown and stop holding the American people hostage.”