We shouldn’t run a government by holding hungry families hostage

Rep. Adam Gray: We shouldn’t run a government by holding hungry families hostage

Reading Time: 3 minutes Editor’s Note: Rep. Adam Gray, whose 13th Congressional District includes Merced and Modesto, was one of six Democrats to vote Wednesday on a Senate-passed bill to end the government shutdown, the New York Times reported. Gray was also the only Valley Democrat in the House to vote in support of the bill. Gray wrote the following column, explaining the reasons behind his vote. The column was originally published by the Tur…

We shouldn’t run a government by holding hungry families hostage

The recent government shutdown made one thing very clear: President Trump and his allies are far too comfortable using vulnerable Americans as political leverage.