The ongoing government shutdown is having a negative impact on American manufacturers' operations, and dozens of state manufacturing associations are writing to congressional leaders urging them to reopen the federal government, according to a letter reviewed by FOX Business.

Thirty state manufacturing groups and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies, D-N.Y., to call for an end to the shutdown.

They said in the letter that an "open and fully functioning government is essential to the growth of the American economy, the success of manufacturers across the country and the wellbe

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