[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. LEE of Nevada asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Madam Speaker, on behalf of the people of 
Nevada's Third District, I rise again to say it is time to end this 
shutdown. My office is currently working with a couple, both of them 
Federal workers, one of them a veteran, who are furloughed and now 
being evicted because of this unnecessary shutdown.
  Nevada's SNAP and housing authority are preparing to draw on their 
reserves to make up for the lack of Federal funding. Over 400,000 
Nevadans will face devastating consequences if these programs run out 
of money.
  Our Governor just asked our higher education board to step in and 
protect Nevada's college students from penalties, and the speaker of 
our legislature just introduced a bill to protect Federal workers from 
debt collectors and landlords. Get the picture?
  We are now stressing our State and local governments because our 
President and our Senate cannot step up and do their job. This shutdown 
has gone on far too long. My colleagues and I just voted for the 11th 
time to reopen the government. I ask the Senate and the President to do 
their duty and open it up now.

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