{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carey.house.gov/2025/10/22/carey-op-ed-a-government-shutdown-hurts-ohioans/", "CAREY OP-ED: A Government Shutdown Hurts Ohioans", "2025-10-22", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Mike Carey", "C001126", "carey.house.gov", "carey", "https://carey.house.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "COLUMBUS, OHIO \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio-15) published an op-ed titled \u201cA Government Shutdown Hurts Ohioans.\u201d The full op-ed can be found below.\n\nTitle: A Government Shutdown Hurts Ohioans\n\nAuthor: U.S. Rep. Mike Carey (R-Ohio-15)\n\nDate: October 22, 2025\n\nWords: 649\n\nOn September 19th, I voted to prevent a government shutdown. Unfortunately, not enough Senate Democrats joined Senate Republicans to clear the 60-vote filibuster in the Senate, and we entered into the government shutdown on October 1 that remains ongoing.\n\nIt didn\u2019t need to be this way. As you may know, Congress passes bills to spend money on federal programs every year. This includes funding for critical services like the military and Air Traffic Controllers, as well as funding grants for projects for things like energy, clean water, and infrastructure here in Central Ohio.\n\nWhen Congress appropriates money for the fiscal year, it ends on September 30th. If Republicans and Democrats are unable to pass bipartisan bills to keep the federal government funded or a continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily extend current funding while negotiations continue, the government shuts down.\n\nTypically, if a fiscal deadline approaches before a bipartisan, full funding deal is reached, Republicans and Democrats work together to pass what we call a \u201cclean CR.\u201d A clean CR means we simply extend funding levels into the future with no partisan policy demands attached as a sign of good-faith negotiations between both Democrats and Republicans.\n\nThis has been the standard way we avoid a government shutdown, and one I was proud to support. Under the previous administration, Congress passed 13 bipartisan, clean CRs to prevent government shutdowns.\n\nI, along with House and Senate Republicans, voted for a clean CR to fund the government through November 21 so that we can keep negotiating a full budget with our Democrat colleagues. However, Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, in the Senate have blocked our proposal which forced the government shutdown that we are still experiencing.\n\nThis leaves Ohio\u2019s 15th District and our nation as a whole in a precarious position.\n\nWhile the government is shut down, federal workers go without pay or get furloughed entirely, meaning their families see bills stack up with no way to pay them. This includes the soldiers who put their lives on the line to protect America. A shutdown isn\u2019t fair to them, and it\u2019s not good for anyone.\n\nA shutdown can result in shortages of critical services, like TSA agents and Air Traffic Controllers at airports across the country. That means longer waits in line, as well as more frequent delays and cancelled flights.\n\nIf employees at agencies are furloughed, the understaffing results in delays in services that Americans rely on. Social Security checks, VA benefits, and Medicare assistance can all be delayed. That is a big reason why I voted to prevent a shutdown: it\u2019s not a burden Ohioans should have to bear.\n\nAnd these problems aren\u2019t exclusive to Ohio. Right now, it\u2019s hurricane season and FEMA is furloughing employees due to the government shutdown. We saw the devastation left by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina last year and the thousands of families who lost everything. Imagine what would happen if FEMA wasn\u2019t on the ground to help because of a government shutdown.\n\nThe fact of the matter is this: House Republicans voted to keep the government open with a clean CR on September 19. Since then, Senate Democrats have blocked that same clean bill 11 times. The same bill passed 13 times under the previous administration.\n\nI understand that my Democrat colleagues, many of whom I call friends, have various policy concerns that they want to address. I understand their desire to debate the issues, and I am happy to engage in good faith; however, I am not willing to withhold paychecks from our troops and the services my constituents count on in order to restart policy discussions.\n\nI want to reopen the government as soon as possible so federal workers can get paid, Americans receive the benefits they\u2019ve earned on time and without delay, and Congress can get back to doing the work our constituents sent us to Washington to do for them.\n\nCongressman Mike Carey represents Ohio\u2019s Fifteenth Congressional District, serving communities in Franklin, Fayette, Clark, Madison, Shelby, and Miami counties. Congressman Carey is a member of the Ways and Means Committee, the House Budget Committee, and House Committee on Administration. During the government shutdown, Rep. Carey\u2019s offices in Columbus (614-927-6902) and Washington, D.C. 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