{"id":1982398,"date":"2023-07-25T16:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:04:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:04:22","slug":"gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Argues Against Fear of Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Republican Lawmaker Calls for Fiscal Restraint\u200d and Challenges \u2063Fear of Government Shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>A \u200cRepublican lawmaker argued \u200con Tuesday\u2063 in favor of making a play for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wipeout-gop-lawmaker-threatens-to-stall-house-action-without-more-spending-cuts\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker threatens to halt House action unless more spending cuts are made.\">spending \u2063cuts<\/a> without &#8220;fear&#8221; of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/government-shutdown\">government shutdown<\/a> as the appropriations \u200dprocess \u2063ramps \u2064up.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing with colleagues in\u200b the conservative House Freedom Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol Building, <b>Rep. \u2064Bob \u200cGood (R-VA)<\/b> made a\u200c hardline case for demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-lawmakers-fight-to-amend-constitution-with-convention-of-states\/\" title=\"State lawmakers fight to amend Constitution with convention of states\">fiscal restraint<\/a> ahead of the new fiscal year, which starts in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2064 should not \u2063fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway,&#8221; Good\u200b said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Bob Good: &#8220;We\u2064 should not\u200b fear a \u2064government\u2063 shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y5p1YhqIIf\">pic.twitter.com\/Y5p1YhqIIf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar\u200c (@atrupar) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1683859994062491655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Highlighting\u200d Essential Operations \u2062and Addressing Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Reciting a figure given by <b>Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)<\/b>, Good said 85% \u200cof &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-hurricane-ian-bearing-down-on-florida-the-u-s-military-prepares\/\" title=\"With Hurricane Ian Bearing Down on Florida, the U.S. Military Prepares\">essential operations<\/a>&#8221; \u200bwould continue. He\u200d also contended that most Americans &#8220;won&#8217;t even miss if the government is shut down temporarily.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On social \u200cmedia,\u2063 <b>Rep. Gerry\u2063 Connolly (D-VA)<\/b> shot back at Good with a \u2062short list of services he said federal agencies would\u200d be unable\u2064 to provide during a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <b>Federal \u2064Housing Administration<\/b> \u2064 can&#8217;t process loans and mortgage approvals. \u200bThe <b>Food and Drug Administration<\/b> \u200dcan&#8217;t conduct food safety inspections.\u2064 The <b>Small Business Administration<\/b> can&#8217;t process loans to help \u200cstart \u200dsmall businesses. The <b>Environmental\u2062 Protection Agency<\/b> can&#8217;t\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"GOP Congressman Argues Against Fear of Government Shutdown\">inspect drinking\u200d water systems<\/a> and chemical facilities,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Members of\u200b the \u2064Freedom Caucus have\u2062 been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-conservatives-make-spending-demands-to-rein-in-bidens-radical-woke-government\">putting pressure on House leadership<\/a> to bend to their \u2063demands on appropriations or risk losing critical votes following \u200cthis spring&#8217;s\u2063 bipartisan deal to avoid a default on the\u200d U.S. debt.<\/p>\n<p>Good \u2062was responding\u200d to a two-part question from a \u2063reporter, who asked if there were\u200b concerns about a government shutdown in October \u2014 the start of the new fiscal year \u2014 and whether Freedom Caucus-approved spending legislation could get\u2063 through the Democrat-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690368573946000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0SC9MF9lhNsKkAePnLU71p\">CLICK\u200d HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Optimistic Outlook and Challenging the Status\u2063 Quo<\/h3>\n<p>Biggs, the first to\u200d answer the question, said he was not\u200d worried about a government shutdown at this point, predicting that \u200dsome spending measures will be combined and\u200d pass as a &#8220;minibus&#8221; while a continuous resolution would keep the rest of the government running through the end of the year as talks progress.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH LIVE: House Freedom Caucus holds news briefing \u2062on 2024 Congressional budget <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YkyzEdzVpE\">https:\/\/t.co\/YkyzEdzVpE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsHour\/status\/1683855270282137601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In rounding out his response, Good \u2064argued that House Speaker <b>Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)<\/b> &#8220;has an opportunity to be a transformational, historical speaker that stared down the Democrats, that stared down the free-spenders, that stared down the \u2063president, and said, &#8216;No, we&#8217;re\u200d going to do what the American people elected \u200bus to do.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to pass a good Republican bill out of the House and force the Senate and the White House to accept it, or we&#8217;re not going to move forward,&#8221; Good added. &#8220;What\u2063 would happen if Republicans for once stared down\u2062 the Democrats and were the ones who refused to cave \u2062and to \u2063betray the American people and the trust they put in us when they \u200cgave us the majority? So we\u2063 don&#8217;t fear a government shutdown.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican lawmaker, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), urged for spending cuts without fearing a government shutdown during the appropriations process. 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