“Republican leaders are refusing to continue healthcare for 22 million Americans and worse, they didn’t even show up for work today.”
Washington, DC, September 30, 2025 – National Parents Union President Keri Rodrigues released the following statement in response to the looming government shutdown:
“The National Parents Union is outraged at the sheer incompetence of those in power who have once again driven our nation to the brink of a government shutdown tonight at midnight. While families are buckling down, preparing to go without basic services they rely on, politicians in Washington are playing games with our lives.
It is beyond reckless that Republican leaders are refusing to continue healthcare for 22 million Americans and worse, they didn’t even show up for work today. Their obsession with ripping healthcare away from families is so extreme that they are willing to grind the federal government to a halt. This is not principled leadership; it is pure chaos and incompetence.
Parents across the country are exhausted by the constant dysfunction in Washington. We are raising children in uncertain times, and the last thing families need is another manufactured crisis caused by those who should be solving problems, not creating them. We demand that Congress keep the government open, protect healthcare for millions of Americans, and finally put families before partisan agendas.”
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