[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 15, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          OPEN OUR GOVERNMENT

  (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Madam Speaker, day 25. There is no reason for 
President Trump to keep the government shut down over his demands for 
an ineffective border wall.
  On day one, the Democrats passed legislation to reopen our 
government. Today, we are taking further action, bringing forward a 
continuing resolution to fund the government through February 1, giving 
the President and the Senate GOP yet another opportunity to end the 
shutdown, while allowing time for us to do our work and negotiate.
  President Trump should stop holding the health, the safety, and the 
paychecks of the American people hostage.
  We need border security, and Democrats stand strong on that issue, 
but we will not waste taxpayers' dollars. We will not waste billions of 
taxpayer dollars on an ineffective wall.
  Mr. President, Congress, open our government.

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