Moran updates East Texans during virtual town hall
Published 3:15 pm Friday, October 31, 2025
While in Washington, D.C., Rep. Nathaniel Moran hosted a tele-town hall earlier this week to answer questions from East Texans about the ongoing government shutdown.
“I want you to know we’re not resting. We’re working hard,” Moran said Tuesday evening. “Even when we’re not technically in session, we’re working hard in the district and here in Washington D.C.”
The federal government shut down at 11:01 p.m. central time Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass funding for the 2026 fiscal year. Lawmakers were deadlocked over spending levels, foreign aid cuts, and health insurance subsidies. The shutdown has lasted 30 days as of press time.
The shutdown furloughed roughly 900,000 federal employees and left another 2 million working without pay. East Texas is home to more than 11,000 federal workers. Meanwhile, essential services such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the Transportation Security Administration continued, and many agencies such as the Nationa…