Rep. Mike Lawler

While I agreed with them on the merits, the fact is shutting the government down wasn't going to solve that problem.

And the same applies here.

What the Democrats are doing is creating more problems.

The Fed, to your point, needs to be able to do its job.

They need to cut rates.

They need the information with respect to jobs, for instance.

That is critically important.

So, yes, we want them to be able to get that information.

The fastest way for all of this to come to an end, the fastest way to ensure that government does its job is for my Democratic colleagues to go back to Washington today in the Senate and vote yes to open the government up and pass the clean CR.

Look, I've already spoken out against the freeze on that project and I've been in touch with the administration to get that project back up and running.

Are they going to?

But again, the fastest way to do that is to pass a clean CR.

And that's the point that I've made over the last week.

to my New York colleagues and to the press that these projects can easily come back online when the government is open and running.

Gateway is a critical project for my district.

We don't have a one-seat ride from Rockland County, where I live.

Gateway will provide that.

So this is a critical infrastructure project, not just for New York City or New Jersey, but for the region.

But

You know, this is something that I have fully supported in terms of getting the funding for that project and will continue to fight to do it.