Washington, April 14 -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) led a bipartisan group of freshman Members in urging House leadership to advance for a floor vote legislation to withhold Member pay during government shutdowns.

In a letter (https://fedorchak.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/fedorchak.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026.04.14-fedorchak-goodlander-letter-to-leadership-in-support-of-withhold-member-pay-during-shutdowns-act-final-version.pdf) sent to Speaker Mike Johnson and signed by bipartisan freshman class Members, they emphasized that Congress must be held accountable when it fails to meet its most basic respon...