[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 5 (Thursday, January 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DAY 20 OF TRUMP SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, today, we enter day 20 of the Trump 
shutdown. President Trump has spent years as a reality television host, 
but, unfortunately, reality is still not his strong suit.
  This week, President Trump abused the backdrop of the Oval Office to 
feed the American people divisive and distorted rhetoric, while still 
ignoring the reality that a wall is wasteful and it is impractical and 
inconsistent with our values.
  President Trump has tried to convince the American people that there 
is a crisis at our border. The crisis, Madam Speaker, here is one of 
Donald Trump's own making: a government shutdown that has gone on too 
long.
  This is affecting real lives. This is a humanitarian crisis. Federal 
workers and their families, 80 percent of whom live outside of the 
metropolitan area of D.C., will go without a paycheck this Friday 
because of this shutdown.
  Madam Speaker, 7,000 workers in North Carolina are directly affected 
by the shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of public servants across the 
country are worried to death.
  Senate Republicans have a choice. Do your constitutional duty, my 
fellow Senators. Do your job as a Senate. Pass the House bill that we 
have sent over to you.

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