[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 7 (Monday, January 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H534-H535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           END THIS SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share a letter I 
received from a constituent last week. He writes:
  ``Being out of work and not knowing how many days or weeks it will 
take to get back to work leaves me worried. These days off are no fun. 
So please, make them worthwhile by standing firm against the stupid 
Trump wall.
  ``This colossal waste of government funds could be spent doing so 
many worthwhile projects: fix the water in Flint, Michigan; hire more 
people to process the paperwork of people who want to be citizens; give 
more people access to healthcare.
  ``If Democrats cave during this shutdown, it will all be wasted.
  ``We Federal workers are unhappy, but we've been through this before. 
We can stand the wait and the frustration. What we cannot stand is the 
racism, cruelty, and criminality of this administration.

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  ``We are with you. Please be with us.''
  Mr. Speaker, my constituents are ready to go back to work. They 
resent having their livelihoods being used as bargaining chips, and 
even in this shutdown, they are very unhappy. They just want to do 
their work, and they are asking us to do ours.

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