[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 136 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6241]
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                             END THE CRISIS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, just a few minutes ago, I stood with 
hundreds of American workers who came to this place that they consider 
a place of responsibility and respect--holders of the Constitution--to 
beg for their jobs. They represent a small segment of 800,000 Federal 
employees.
  As I was standing there, a representative, Ms. McNeill from AFGE, 
indicated that this morning she had just received a call from an 
unemployed Federal worker and an unemployed husband, a wife and 
husband. They're in crisis. The woman is now being abused, and they had 
to escort her to a shelter--crisis, Mr. Speaker.
  It's not about surrendering. It's about caring about the American 
people. It's about caring about Diane, who was able to get health 
insurance after being diabetic and hearing bad things about ObamaCare. 
And it's about Senator Dole and John Dingell, two World War II veterans 
who have said: Don't insult us with this piecemeal.
  A Republican and the dean of the House want us to stop and put a 
clean CR for the American people and to end this crisis. I'm here to 
end the crisis right now.

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