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Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-Ga.) released the following statement after Senate Democrats ended their block of a House-passed funding bill that will re-open the federal government and extend the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years. 

"A reckless minority in the Senate decided last week to side with illegal immigrants over paying our military and providing insurance for our children. This reckless minority chose to hold our government hostage this weekend. 

"It is now confirmed that Senate Democrats did this just to play games. They played games with funding for our military, troops, veterans, military families, and hardworking federal workers like the men and women at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and they played games with children's health insurance just to pass today what they clearly could have and should have supported on Friday. 

"These political games are irresponsible and unacceptable. 

"Moving forward, I urge these colleagues to learn from this. Washington Democrats got nothing but egg on their face during this shutdown. It's past time to put the best interest of our nation ahead of playing politics. 

"I am grateful this ridiculous Schumer Shutdown is finally over. Now, let's get back to work for the American people."

Last Thursday, Carter supported House passed legislation to keep the government open and extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for six years. This legislation was blocked in the Senate by a majority of Senate Democrats resulting in a government shutdown.

Today, Senate Democrats ended their block of this legislation. Both the House and the Senate passed legislation to re-open the government and extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for six years.