Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Members of the U.S. Coast Guard will continue to get paid despite the government shutdown, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who said they had found "an innovative solution" to ensure no paychecks are owed to those protecting America's seas.
Noem did not explain the solution to pay the Coast Guard amid the political stalemate that has seen hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed.
"The brave men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard will not miss a paycheck this week as they continue to carry out their critical homeland security and military missions," Noem said in a Monday statement.
The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 as Congress failed to pass an appropriations bill to keep it funded into the new year.
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