Congressman Sherman Will Not Accept Pay While Homeland Security Shuts Down
WASHINGTON, DC – With another government shutdown looming in Washington, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) pledged to refuse any pay so long as the Department of Homeland Security is also shut down. If a funding bill is not agreed upon by February 27th, the Department will run out of funding and "essential" personnel will have to go to work while not receiving their paychecks. They won't be paid until Congress appropriates funds.
"As long as the employees of the Department of Homeland Security including Border Patrol, Coast Guard, and TSA are working while not receiving paychecks, I will ask that my paycheck be withheld," said Congressman Sherman. "House Republicans should pass a clean funding bill and end this political gamesmanship that compromises our national security."
Congressman Sherman, along with every other House Democrat, has cosponsored a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security introduced by Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Homeland Security Lucille Roybal-Allard and Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey for a stand-alone funding measure at levels agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans.
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