[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H664-H665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. STEIL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I am frustrated. For 26 days, critical 
functions of the Federal Government have been nonoperational. 
Coastguardsmen have not been paid, and there is no end in sight.
  We must work together to pass a bill, end the shutdown, and fund 
security measures at our borders. Put all 435 of us in a room with no 
phones, no TV, until the job is done.
  I came from the private sector. In the private sector, you do not 
leave until the job is done.
  Is our job done here in Washington? Did we end the shutdown? Did we 
adequately fund border security? The answer is no, we have not.
  House leadership has refused to bring any serious attempt to open the 
government and address critical security needs to the House floor. 
Rather than playing political games with government funding, let's work 
on solutions.
  I am ready to stay here until we get the job done. Let's get to work.

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