Washington, Nov. 13 -- US President Donald Trump signed the funding bill passed by the House of Representatives to end the record 43-day government shutdown, the longest in the country's history, this week.

During the signing of the bill, Trump said that the shutdown inflicted massive harm. "They caused 20,000 flights to be cancelled or delayed...They deprived more than 1 million government workers of their paychecks and cut off food stamp benefits for millions and millions more Americans in need. They caused tens of thousands of federal contractors and small businesses to go unpaid," he said.

The signature came hours after the Republican-led House of Representatives passed the legislation on November 12 by a 222-209 vote, despite oppos...