[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 10 (Thursday, January 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            END THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN AND REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT

  (Ms. DelBENE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DelBENE. Madam Speaker, I rise to call on the President and 
Senate Republicans to reopen the government.
  We are now on day 27 of the Trump shutdown, and more and more 
families are being harmed. 800,000 Federal workers have been furloughed 
or are working without pay--workers from the Forest Service, Coast 
Guard, Customs and Border Patrol, and TSA. These workers clock in every 
day to make sure the rest of us are safe, and they can't count on a 
paycheck.
  Federal employees aren't the only ones impacted. I recently met with 
a small business in my district that works on Federal contracts 
supporting space exploration and research, a growing industry. Because 
of the shutdown, they haven't been paid for work they have already 
done, forcing this small business to lay off 20 percent of its 
workforce last week. It never had to happen.
  Every day, this shutdown the President is so proud of hurts more 
families and businesses. It must end.

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