Posted October 2, 2025

By Joseph D’Alessandro

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With the federal government currently in shutdown, U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen, who represents New York’s Congressional District 4, offered a bipartisan solution.

Gillen shared her perspective on the federal government’s shutdown at the Family and Health Center office in Uniondale on Oct. 2, calling for her Republican colleagues in the house to hear Democrats’ concerns about the budget.

Health care spending is at the center of the disagreement in the House. The budget Congress had attempted to pass, up until Oct. 1 at midnight, includes cuts to a selection of programs that Gillen called “the largest cut to health care in America’s history.”

Gillen called for both parties to seek a bipartisan solution before rising health costs contribute to the financial burden of families across her district.

“If House Republicans governed responsibly, they would have met with us,” she said. “Instead, they’ve chosen to throw our health care system into further crisis, just months after they voted to gut Medicaid for millions of children, seniors and people with disabilities.”