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Congressman Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) has signed onto legislation, H.R. 4852, introduced by Arizona Congresswoman and former Air Force Pilot Martha McSally, that would ensure that the military and individuals performing national security activities within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would receive their pay. Under current law, active-duty troops and other personnel deemed essential are required to show up for duty during a shutdown, but they will not receive their paycheck. The legislation would also prohibit Members of Congress from receiving a paycheck. Latta announced yesterday that he has asked the Chief Administrative Officer to withhold his pay during the shutdown.

“The best way to ensure our country’s troops, security personnel, and government employees receive their pay on time would be for Democrats to end their obstruction in the Senate and vote to fund the government,” said Latta. “However, with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer holding the government hostage, we should at least make sure that our troops and security personnel keeping our country safe don’t have to worry about their paycheck. This commonsense legislation would simply say that the men and women in our military and those performing essential security activities that are still working during this shutdown will continue to be paid.”

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