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Congressman Matheson urges bipartisanship in final address to Utah House
Summary
Congressman Matheson told the Utah House he will finish his term in the U.S. House and urged elected officials to work across party lines, criticizing the recent federal shutdown and backing bipartisan fixes to voting law and redistricting reforms.
Congressman Matheson, U.S. representative, used his visit to the Utah House to urge lawmakers to resist polarization and to seek common ground in policymaking. Speaking as he prepares to leave the U.S. House, Matheson said elected officials should "extend a hand rather than drawing a line in the sand" and placed a premium on working across party lines to accomplish long-term goals.
Matheson criticized the partial federal government shutdown last fall as "a complete failure" of strategy and said it hurt national parks and the broader economy; he cited a Standard & Poor's estimate that the…
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