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Republican Shutdown Day One: Mike Lawler Is MIA, Refuses to Do His Job

As America faces a looming health care crisis, Lawler and House Republicans remain on vacation, refusing to lower health costs for Americans

As New Yorkers wake up to the first day of the Republican shutdown, Mike Lawler and House Republicans can’t be bothered to even come to work.

Millions of Americans are poised to get slapped with massive increases on their health care bills this fall, and poll after poll shows that voters want Congress to restore affordable health care and will hold Republicans responsible for their failed agenda.

But instead of doing their job, Lawler and Republicans have chosen to not even show up to work this week, cancelling all votes, shutting the government down, and threatening Americans’ livelihoods in the process. 

DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi
“Mike Lawler helped House Republicans barrel the nation towards a shutdown because they decided that averting skyrocketing health care costs for millions of Americans wasn’t worth their time. Make no mistake, Lawler owns this shutdown, and he owns the harm and higher costs facing hardworking New Yorkers.”

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