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The federal government remains shut down over a funding dispute, but the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday morning that would fully fund the Y-12 National Security Complex and other security functions, Congressman Chuck Fleischmann said.
Fleischmann, a Tennessee Republican whose district includes Oak Ridge, called it a matter of national security. Y-12 is one of the nation’s nuclear weapons plants, but it started an “orderly shutdown†on Monday because Congress has failed to pass a spending bill in the fiscal year that started Oct. 1.
Fleischmann expressed concern about the shutdown in a speech on the House floor. [Read more…]