Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement in response to President Trump issuing an executive order on Friday, freezing federal workers’ pay in 2019: 

“Refusing across-the-board pay raises for our federal employees is shortsighted, rash, and unjustified. Instead of providing our federal workers with raises they deserve, President Trump chooses to focus on allocating billions towards a senseless, ineffective border wall. 

“I support the hundreds of thousands of government workers who, due to the President’s decisions, will be working without pay as the new year approaches. These are hard working men and women, who rely on steady paychecks and should be properly compensated. 

“As we enter a new Congress, I urge the President to reopen the government, sign full-year appropriations, and take control of the national debt, instead of robbing federal employees of the raises they deserve.”