[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              TELL THE SPEAKER TO PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. ENYART asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENYART. Mr. Speaker, my wife had a call last night from one of 
her best friends. She was angry, disappointed, and frightened. Her 
husband is a civilian worker at Scott Air Force Base. His paycheck was 
one-half what it usually is. Their son is a community college student 
who just got laid off. Their daughter is disabled. They are my voters. 
They are my friends.
  What do I tell them?
  What do I tell the veterans whose disability claims aren't being 
processed?
  What do I tell the laid-off prison guards in southern Illinois who 
will lose their food stamps?
  What do I tell the retired mine workers who have lost their pensions 
in bankruptcy and now have to worry about their Social Security checks?
  I can't tell them to call their Congressman. They already have.
  I tell them, Call 202-225-6205, and tell the Speaker to put America 
and its government back to work.

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