
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) Tuesday prodded hundreds of people here for the National Cleanup Workshop to urge their congressional representatives to avoid a federal government shutdown but stopped short of predicting a stopgap agreement before fiscal 2023 ends Sept. 30. “Reach out to your member of congress,” said Fleischmann, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s energy and water development subcommittee. Tell the lawmaker “’Please, we do not want to have a government shutdown’,” said Fleischmann. “I sincerely hope so,” Fleischmann…