[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EFFECTS ON CONSTITUENTS

  (Mr. LOWENTHAL asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, as I awoke this morning and read my local 
newspaper, I realized that my dear friend Greg Taylor is lying in a 
medical bed, mostly paralyzed and barely able to breathe, as he copes 
with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
  This past December, Greg lost his business. If this is not bad 
enough, Greg's long-time partner of 28 years, Albert Sanchez, was just 
furloughed, a member of the Department of Defense. Although he may now 
return back to work, this stress is unbearable as they both struggle to 
make house payments. I failed to mention, they also have a 19-year-old 
son.
  Today is the ninth day of this government shutdown. We still must do 
something to stop this shutdown.
  Speaker Boehner, the Democrats have compromised by agreeing to your 
budget numbers. Now it is time for you to compromise by giving us a 
clean bill to vote for.
  Let's stop this nightmare. I urge us to move forward.

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