[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 7 (Monday, January 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MR. PRESIDENT, OPEN THE GOVERNMENT

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as I entered Bush Intercontinental 
Airport today, terminal B was shut down, shut down because, of course, 
we do not have enough TSA officers, as the terminals were shut down in 
Miami.
  I understand the circumstances and the difficulties of these working 
people in this crisis of no paycheck and no opportunity to pay their 
bills.
  At the same time, a headline in our local newspaper, ``Coast Guard 
families left `in a fog,' ''--families who have little babies with 
medical conditions, who cannot pay their bills. The reason, of course, 
is the Coast Guard comes under Homeland Security.
  And a President who has the audacity to say they can adjust, let them 
adjust, where is the heart? Where is the recognition that we are 
jeopardizing our skies with air traffic controllers who are overworked 
and working overtime with no pay, TSA officers? I came home on Friday 
and gathered with those.
  What about a Federal employee couple who has indicated that they have 
no ability to pay their bills and are taking money from their son's 
scholarship fund?
  Mr. President, open the government.
  Finally, let me say to Mr. King, it is shameful, your words, and I 
would offer that I join all of my colleagues in seeking censure.

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