[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING NEW MEXICO ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORTED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
                          DURING THE SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
recognize the food banks and organizations across New Mexico that 
supported Federal employees, contractors, and their families during the 
shutdown.
  I especially want to thank Arlene Murillo and the Border Patrol Agent 
Family Network in Sunland Park, New Mexico. It was an honor to witness 
their collaborative work, to feed their neighbors who were affected by 
the shutdown, or otherwise fighting hunger for other reasons.
  New Mexicans were among the hardest hit when the government stopped 
paying its bills, but these organizations showed what it is to be New 
Mexicans, and embody the value to always have your neighbor's back.
  Now that the damage and disruption of the shutdown is over, we as a 
Congress have a responsibility to ensure it never happens again. That 
is why I joined fellow freshman and signed on to the Shutdown to End 
All Shutdowns Act yesterday, to keep hardworking Americans from paying 
the price for Washington's brokenness.
  Madam Speaker, I invite my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
do the same.

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