SCOOP: Republican Study Committee Steering Committee lays out takeaways following Democrats’ historic shutdown obstruction

Rep. August Pfluger has been everywhere during the Schumer Shutdown. He told the Washington Reporter what should come next.

Minutes before the Schumer Shutdown finally ended, Republicans led by Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas), the Chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) Steering Committee made it clear what the Democrats’ historic obstruction was really about: providing health care for illegal inmigrants — and Pfluger echoed what he previously told the Washington Reporter in an interview, demanding accountability for how Democrats needlessly jeopardized American national security.

“Democrats betrayed American families with their politically-motivated government shutdown over demands for free healthcare for 1.2 million illegal aliens and hundreds of billions in fraudulent insurance subsidies,” the RSC’s Steering Committee told the Reporter.

On the other hand, “Republicans rejected every demand,” he explained. “When Democrats attempted to jam through a short-term funding extension that would have left the country vulnerable to another shutdown while enriching insurance companies at taxpayer expense, the Republican Study Committee stood firm and won.”

Throughout the Schumer Shutdown, Pfluger and RSC members have served as some of the House GOP’s most visible surrogates. RSC members including Reps. Mark Alford (R., Mo.), Stephanie Bice (R., Okla.), Zach Nunn (R., Iowa), Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) have explained in interviews with the Reporter about the consequences of Democrats’ obstruction.

“American families are not pawns or leverage. Democrats must be held accountable for jeopardizing their safety, livelihoods, and ability to feed their families for radical demands,” the Steering Committee added to the Reporter.