[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-10. A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of 
     the State of Maine urging the United States Congress to pass 
     legislation to support Federal Employees in Maine affected by 
     the federal government shutdown; to the Committee on 
     Appropriations.

                                H.P. 280

       Whereas, the longest partial shutdown in the history of the 
     United States government began on December 22, 2018; and
       Whereas, the federal government shutdown is affecting 
     approximately 800,000 federal employees; and
       Whereas, in Maine the workers currently affected are 
     employees of the Department of Homeland Security, which 
     includes airport screening personnel and members of the 
     United States Coast Guard, and employees of Acadia National 
     Park; and
       Whereas, those federal workers who have not been furloughed 
     are obliged to work without pay; and
       Whereas, the federal government shutdown is also having an 
     affect on other industries in Maine, such as tourism, and 
     small businesses that depend upon federal regulation and loan 
     processing; and
       Whereas, as the federal government shutdown continues, 
     there is potential for many social and housing services in 
     the State to be negatively affected; and
       Whereas, it is important for the economic health of the 
     State that the federal government shutdown cease as quickly 
     as possible; now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That We, your Memorialists, on behalf of the 
     people we represent, take this opportunity to respectfully 
     request that the United States Congress take immediate steps 
     to reach a compromise and end the partial shutdown of the 
     Federal Government and restore financial security to the 
     lives of citizens; and be it further
       Resolved, That suitable copies of this resolution, duly 
     authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to 
     the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the 
     United States House of Representatives and each Member of the 
     Maine Congressional Delegation.

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