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title: "CALL TO ACTION: TELL CONGRESS TO FUND COAST GUARD, MARAD PAY DESPITE SHUTDOWN"
description: "CALL TO ACTION: TELL CONGRESS TO FUND COAST GUARD, MARAD PAY DESPITE SHUTDOWN"
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## CALL TO ACTION: TELL CONGRESS TO FUND COAST GUARD, MARAD PAY DESPITE SHUTDOWN

| CALL TO ACTION: TELL CONGRESS TO FUND COAST GUARD, MARAD PAY DESPITE SHUTDOWN |   |
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| Thursday, January 03, 2019 |  |
| Today, the Navy League of the United States National President Alan Kaplan and National Vice President of Legislative Affairs Jonathan Kaskin issued a letter, urging the newly elected Congress to pass funding that would ensure that Coast Guard men and women and Maritime Administration employees and their families be paid and have backpay restored immediately, despite the government shutdown. To read the statement, visit our [News page](https://www.navyleague.org/communications) of our website. To voice your concerns about how the government shutdown is affecting our Coast Guard and Merchant Mariners, [go to our Voice to Congress page and write your representatives](http://www.votervoice.net/NavyLeague/Campaigns/62169/Respond). |  |

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