[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, last night, the President went on 
television in an attempt to justify his decision to shut down our 
government and plunge our country into chaos. He claims that we are in 
the middle of an emergency, and I actually agree with him on that. I 
just don't agree on what the emergency is.
  It is an emergency that more than 5,200 Federal workers in Michigan 
are working without pay, or are furloughed.
  It is an emergency that the Environmental Protection Agency has 
halted inspections of our drinking water systems.
  And it is an emergency that our President is ready to spend, in his 
words, ``years'' prolonging this shutdown and hurting American families 
for the sake of an ineffective and expensive border wall.
  On day 1, House Democrats took the first steps to clean up this mess 
by passing a complete funding package to reopen our government. Now we 
are preparing further action to reopen all government agencies, one by 
one, and remove any doubt that hardworking Americans will receive their 
tax refunds and the services they depend on.
  Enough is enough. Michiganders can't afford one more day of the Trump 
shutdown.

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