[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H615]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. LUJAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUJAN. Madam Speaker, New Mexicans are working tirelessly to 
provide for their families. They do not have the luxury of ignoring 
their bills until the President figures out what it takes to run a 
government.
  President Trump clearly does not understand the anxiety that comes 
from choosing between a mortgage payment and gas in the tank or not 
being able to pay your bills at the end of the month.
  I have heard from many in my district who are hurting because of the 
Trump shutdown, constituents like Andrea. Her family became a one-
income household after her 4-year-old son was diagnosed with autism 
spectrum disorder and epilepsy.
  Her husband is a furloughed USDA employee. Because of her son's 
medical needs, their family has already been living paycheck to 
paycheck, and the shutdown immediately put them into survival mode.
  The shutdown must end. Democrats have put multiple bipartisan plans 
on the table to open the government. Madam Speaker, I implore Mitch 
McConnell to let the Senate vote to end this shutdown for the hundreds 
of thousands of families being hurt, families just like Andrea's.

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