Why this Republican lawmaker is still showing up to work during the shutdown

"I'm looking for any and all constructive conversations toward getting us out of this mess,"

"The good news is, I've had a number of those from folks on both sides of the aisle. The bad news is, the government is still shut down."

"It's all the more urgent given the fact that the government is shut down and we're starting to see people losing their food assistance benefits. We're seeing flight delays and all of the other compounding costs to the American people,"

"We have 20 committees in the House of Representatives, countless subcommittees that were supposed to be doing things each of the last four weeks,"

Rep. Kevin Kiley of California continues to work from his Capitol Hill office each morning while most House members are home. He is seeking constructive, bipartisan conversations to end the government shutdown and says he has had some cross‑aisle engagement. Kiley criticized Speaker Mike Johnson's decision to recess the House, arguing the pause has frozen committee work and worsened impacts such as lost food assistance benefits and flight delays. Johnson says the recess pressures the Senate to act; Kiley says that approach is not working. Kiley supports seating Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva without delay and is open to negotiating over expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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