Pence thanks Coast Guardsmen for working without pay during shutdown
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — While making a pitch for building a wall along the Mexican border, Vice President Mike Pence thanked Coast Guardsmen for recently working without pay during the longest government shutdown in modern American history that was a result of a dispute over funding construction of the wall.The Coast Guard was the only military branch to go without a paycheck during the shutdown, and some Coast Guard families complained about how difficult it was to make ends […]
