Mayor Muriel Bowser has penned a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to end the federal government shutdown, which has now gone on for six days with no end in sight.

“On behalf of the more than 702,000 residents and many businesses in Washington, DC, I urge you to work with Congress and bring an immediate end to the current partial federal government shutdown,” Bowser writes in the letter, which she shared Wednesday on Twitter. “Many DC residents, businesses, including restaurants and hotels, and federal contractors will suffer severe impacts if the shutdown continues indefinitely.”

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The D.C. government remains open despite the shutdown. D.C. is covering trash collection at federally owned parks and other lands, which will cost the city about $46,000 every week, according to the letter.

Nine federal departments are closed during this shutdown. Around the country, more than 420,000 federal employees are working on delayed pay, and 380,000 more are on leave without pay, according to a report from Senate Democrats.

“We hope that this key message will resonate during this shutdown: the 702,000 residents of Washington, DC, who pay the highest taxes per capita to the federal treasury, are stepping up to cover federal services during the shutdown, while we are the only citizens within the continental United States without a vote in Congress,” Bowser writes.