U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill of Flower Mound, who represents Texas’ 26th Congressional District, voted Wednesday to reopen the federal government after a 43-day shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.

The U.S. House approved the funding bill in a 222–209 vote, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature to end the standoff that began Oct. 1 over a lapse in federal appropriations. The measure will restart paychecks for federal workers, reopen federal agencies, and resume funding for programs such as veterans’ services, food assistance, and air traffic control.

“The longest government shutdown in U.S. history was a crisis of the Democrats’ own making,” Gill said following the vote. “They did not win this shutdown; rather, they let American families suffer, lapse paychecks, and go hungr

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