A St. Mary's County commissioner expressed concern that a prospective federal government shutdown would harm county residents and workers, and urged federal lawmakers to resolve their differences.

"People are nervous if they're gonna lose their jobs. All this political gamesmanship does not really help the people we're supposed to serve," the commissioner said, urging passage of funding to avoid harm to households that depend on federal pay.

The commissioner did not specify which local federal employees or contractors would be affected, nor did he provide a county estimate of the number of workers or services at risk. He framed the shutdown as a recurring political pattern and called for lawmakers to finish their work, but no county action or direction to staff was recorded during the remarks.