[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15454]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         LOCAL SHUTDOWN EFFECTS

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to highlight just one of 
the stories that comes in here each and every day from my congressional 
district highlighting the unnecessary hardship the Republican 
government shutdown has brought upon the American people.
  One of my constituents, who works in business aviation, contacted my 
office just this week to tell me about the burden the shutdown has had 
on his business and his family's bottom line.
  During the government shutdown, aviation components cannot be 
produced, financed, bought, sold, inspected, or registered without the 
Federal workers that are currently furloughed. Today, large parts of 
this industry--and our economy at large--simply cannot function. 
Stories like this will continue until the House brings up the Senate 
CR, which funds our government at the level House Republicans fought 
for.
  Stories like these are not isolated to upstate New York. This is 
happening in countless corners of our Nation and across all regions and 
all of our districts back home.
  A piecemeal approach that picks winners and losers in our Federal 
agencies is no way to run the country. Bring up the Senate CR. Take 
``yes'' for an answer. Let's get this Nation back to work.

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