Incoming freshman congressman Kelly Armstrong says he plans on donating his salary if the government is still shut down when he is sworn in on Jan. 3.

Armstrong says he wants to get the government working again and says the effect it's having on people is unacceptable. A recent report by NBC News says about 800,000 federal workers won't receive regularly scheduled paychecks because of the shutdown.

He didn't say where he'd plan to donate the money, but he wants it to have meaning.

“It needs to be more than a symbolic gesture. If we're going to do it, we're going to do it right and it's going to go somewhere where it matters,” said Armstrong

Armstrong added he wants to get bipartisan agreements on ag policy and continue with justice reform.