[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

  (Mrs. WAGNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, we were sent to Congress to lead, but 
this partial government shutdown is not leadership. It speaks to a 
bigger problem in Washington: the reluctance to reach across the aisle 
and serve in the best interests of our constituents.
  Playing political games should not take precedence over securing our 
border and keeping Americans safe, but it seems to me that is exactly 
what is happening right now.
  I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to come to the 
table so we can find a solution to this partial government shutdown and 
make sure Federal workers get paid for the work they are doing and the 
work they have done.
  This inability to come together on commonsense border security 
funding has gone on too long and affected too many Americans. We must 
put partisanship aside, secure our border, and reopen this government.

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