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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Congressman French Hill (AR-02) released the following statement after the president and Congressional leaders announced an agreement to reopen the government and continue negotiations on securing the southwest border:

"Today, the president took an important step towards ending the government shutdown that has affected families in Arkansas and across the nation. Congress is acting swiftly to make whole the federal workers who have missed their paychecks. Shutting down the government should never be a solution to a political problem, and I am confident that the president and members of Congress, on both sides of the aisle, will find a practical solution that will protect Arkansas families and secure our southwest border. This should include continuing the 25-year policy of building a physical barrier where needed, upgrading our screening and surveillance technology, and increasing border agents and immigration judges.”