[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, every day I hear from constituents about 
how this manufactured crisis is hurting them and hurting their 
families. Mitch McConnell's and President Trump's refusal to reopen 
government has consequences for real people.
  A Marine veteran from Bay City, Michigan, won't receive his monthly 
housing allowance this week that he needs to pay his rent and make his 
car payment. His words to me were this: ``I never thought the President 
would be putting us veterans that he says he loves so much in harm's 
way just to get money for his harebrained immigration solution.''
  That is from a United States veteran who served this country and is 
now being treated by the President of the United States as a pawn in a 
political game to get something that he is not willing to submit to the 
legislative process.
  Shame on this President. Shame on him. Open this government. Do it 
now.

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