A Texas World War II veteran attempting to visit the graves of his fellow soldiers who participated in the D-Day invasion found the gates locked for the government shutdown, according to Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, even though the commission responsible for the cemeteries has $85 million on hand.

“The government has shut down 17 times,” Stockman tweeted. “Obama is the first president to ever issue an order to lock veterans out of military cemeteries.”