[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 23, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H1160-H1161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     BACKPAY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

  (Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, just a few minutes ago, we 
voted to fund Federal pay through the end of the shutdown. Republicans 
voted unanimously with bipartisan support from 10 Democrats. If we had 
just eight more Democrats, our Federal workers would be getting 
paychecks. Now hardworking Americans are facing a second zero-dollar 
paycheck.

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  President Trump has asked Democrats to work with him to find a way to 
reopen the government and pay our furloughed employees, but Speaker 
Pelosi didn't even listen to the President's proposal before she 
rejected it this weekend.
  This is ridiculous. The President offered a legitimate proposal with 
the compromises that Democrats asked for, the same priorities that 
Speaker Pelosi talked about just last year. In return, he wants the 
funding to solve the crisis at our border.
  This is bigger than partisan games. This is the lives and livelihood 
of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Let's stop stonewalling, stop 
the theatrics, and do our jobs.

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