U.S. SENATOR KATIE BRITT CALLS TO PASS LEGISLATION PREVENTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM RECEIVING PAYCHECKS DURING SHUTDOWNS

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Katie Britt issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, spoke on the Senate floor calling to pass legislation preventing members of Congress from receiving paychecks during government shutdowns. The Senator voiced her support for Senator John Kennedy's (R-La.) No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act.

On members of Congress receiving a paycheck during a government shutdown while hardworking Americans miss theirs:

"I think that if we are going to go and sit here for how many days is it ... 48 days ... people without paychecks... [W]hat Senator Kennedy's bill says is that if there are people who have stepped up to ser...