[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1196]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT NOW

  (Mr. SOTO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SOTO. Madam Speaker, America is in crisis. What will it take for 
the President to reopen the government? Will it take families across 
America to not get their tax return? Will it take Federal employees 
going without a second paycheck or without healthcare? Will it take 
millions of families who are going hungry without SNAP, without food 
assistance?
  Maybe it will take Customs and Border Patrol walking off the job or 
uninspected planes falling from the sky due to mechanical failure--or 
worse.
  I have here a letter from Doug Lowe, one of my constituents, who is 
an aviation specialist, and he talks about how these planes aren't even 
being inspected right now.
  Or, even worse, for all the President's bragging about the economy, 
we could be going into a recession in what would otherwise be a boom 
period.
  So I ask again: President Trump, what will it take? What disaster 
will it take for you to reopen this government now?

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