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Enterprise teams are expressing concern that the continued authorities shutdown is having adverse impacts on financial exercise and the power of companies to function and develop.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday warned the affect of the federal government shutdown, which started on Oct. 1, is starting to have an effect on companies, staff and the general economic system because it drags on.
“The government shutdown is harming small businesses and costing American economic growth that can’t be recovered,” mentioned Neil Bradley, EVP and chief coverage officer on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
“This shutdown is already one of the longest, and there doesn’t appear to be a quick resolution in sight. The impacts to businesses are beginning to pile up, and impacting both their current and future growth. Businesses need government to function,” Bradley added.
BESSENT SAYS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ‘STARTING TO CUT INTO MUSCLE’ AND ECONOMY MAY BE LOSING BILLIONS PER DAY
A “closed” signage exterior the Capitol Guests Middle on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Bradley mentioned the Chamber hosted a fly-in in D.C. final week that allowed small companies to fulfill with lawmakers and their staffers to debate their priorities.
One such enterprise proprietor was Murphy’s Naturals CEO Philip Freeman, whose agency relies in Raleigh, N.C., and makes mosquito and tick repellents utilizing pure substances. Freeman mentioned the shutdown is delaying regulatory approvals.
“We may not feel it right away, but the backlog that is generated by the shutdown will last long beyond when everything is cleared up and there’s no longer a shutdown. That means that the extensive backlog of labels submitted to the U.S. EPA will be more extensive and take even longer to clear,” Freeman defined.
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The federal government shutdown started on Oct. 1, 2025. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Different enterprise teams have joined within the requires the federal government shutdown to finish, whereas highlighting impacts on their respective industries as a result of disruption of the routine operations of federal companies.
“An open, functioning federal government allows manufacturers to get innovative products approved, next-generation facilities inspected and permitting decisions made,” Nationwide Affiliation of Producers president and CEO Jay Timmons informed FOX Enterprise.
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued a warning after the shutdown started that it may create a more difficult regulatory setting for companies to navigate whereas additionally delaying regulatory approvals for vitality initiatives.
“The American oil and natural gas industry’s mission of delivering reliable energy depends on a functioning federal gov’t,” the group wrote in a publish on X. “Prolonging this shutdown risks delaying critical projects & adding regulatory uncertainty.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Democrats to vote to finish the federal government shutdown. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters / Reuters Photographs)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged the financial toll of the shutdown this week, saying that the continued shutdown is “starting to cut into muscle” by way of the economic system, which the Treasury indicated may quantity to about $15 billion per week.
Bessent urged Senate Democrats to cease blocking a seamless decision that will restore funding and reopen the federal government for a brief time frame to permit the 2 sides to succeed in an settlement on spending ranges.
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