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




                                SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, what my good friends have not heard is 
the outrage and cry of the desperate Federal workers, some sending 
their children to relatives because they cannot support them, museums 
shut down costing $4 million, TSA officers not able to come to work, 
and air traffic controllers suffering.
  Today, Democrats did again what they have done over and over again. 
The message is: Mr. President, open the government, pay the workers 
now, and let us sit down at the table of reconciliation and iron out 
the question of border security.
  As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I have voted time 
after time as a Democrat for border security--barriers, drones, 
technology, jeeps, and laptops. I know what it is. I am from a border 
State. I have been to the borders in the daylight and in the dark.
  Today, we voted to open up Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, financial 
services, environment, Transportation, Housing, and all of the law 
enforcement we voted for.
  Our simple cry is: Mr. President, understand the pain of America. 
Open the government, pay the workers, and let's get down to the 
business of negotiating on behalf of the American people.

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