[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 5 (Thursday, January 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I rise today on the 20th day of the Trump 
shutdown, and I can only shake my head and ask why.
  Why are 400,000 public servants being denied the opportunity to do 
their jobs?
  Why are 420,000 more working without pay, many of them who put 
themselves in harm's way?
  Why are 1.6 million Ohioans at risk of losing their SNAP benefits?
  Why are first-time home buyers being kept from their new homes?
  There is only one answer to those questions: Because Trump insists on 
wasting $5 billion of the people's tax dollars on a vanity wall, a wall 
that will do little to address illegal immigration.
  Democrats are for the people. Democrats want to protect our borders 
and reopen our government and put government workers back to work.
  I urge the Senate to take up the bills that the House has passed and 
put our government back to work. Let's end this ridiculous shutdown.

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