[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E92]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HOW THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN HURTS HOUSTON RESERVIST

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 24, 2019

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, Edith Banda a constituent who lives 
in Houston recently returned from a reservist deployment in the Middle 
East. She is among thousands of people in the Houston area feeling the 
impact of the government shutdown.
  Edith has not worked her federal job in downtown Houston since the 
shutdown 25 days ago.
  Making matters worse, she and dozens of others in Houston are unable 
to seek temporary private sector work because such jobs require 
permission, and the people who process those requests have been 
furloughed.
  Edith has begun selling her personal possessions to make ends meet, 
but she said another couple of weeks of no work would be crushing.