Congressman Guthrie met with community leaders and Radcliff today as the government shut down, is now in its fourth week.

The lapse in funding is causing stress for many families, including civilian personnel at Fort Knox, who've been furloughed.

Senate Democrats are demanding an extension of health care tax credits tied to the Affordable Care Act, set to expire at the end of the year.

And we need to deal with the high cost of health care.

We absolutely have to deal with the high cost of health care.

But they need to make sure we don't.

They keep saying leverage.

We have.

This is our only leverage is shutting down the government.

It was tried until it was tried 12 years ago.

It's leverage when they say this is the only leverage they have, the leverage that they're claiming to have has the effect that you guys just heard in the room next door.

And it's just sad.

It's unfortunate.

And it needs to stop.

Today's roundtable discussion included concerns over the shutdowns economic impact.

Active duty military are getting paid, but there's still uncertainty and area food banks and other resources say they're receiving more requests for help.

There's also the issue of Snap funding or food stamps set to end later this week.

Guthrie says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer should learn from the example of former leader, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell.

But in the Senate, you can't just be against everything.

You have to be for things, because as long as you I mean, Chuck Schumer, I assume in the Senate rules could just not filibuster.

Let 52 Republicans pass it.

But he's choosing to filibuster, which means it takes 60 votes, which will take at least 7 or 8 Democrats to vote for it.

And that's a tough decision to make.

Kevin McCarthy lost his speakership because he made that decision.

Mitch McConnell, you've seen the ad.

You say, are people going you have to spend political capital because the most hardcore of believers in your party won't.

You can't give in to anything.

Well, Mitch McConnell made the decision to be a statesman.

And you've seen you've just seen the political capital he's spent and forget how much he's done for the Republican Party, the Supreme Court and everything else.

But he's spent political capital doing that.

And I just call on Chuck Schumer to follow the example of Mitch McConnell and be a statesman and not a politician.

And let's get to discuss let's let's pay these men and women in the military.

Let's pay these families serving the men and women in the military.

And let's absolutely sit down and negotiate to get a handle on the rising cost of health care in this country.

That's absolutely needs to be done.

Guthrie says Congress appropriates money for Snap, otherwise known as food stamps.

And through some, and though some are calling for contingency funds to cover benefits during the shutdown, he says those are for emergencie