January 24, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 15 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SHUTDOWN IMPACTS

  (Mrs. DEMINGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. DEMINGS. Madam Speaker, this shutdown is causing fear, pain, and 
stress for thousands of families in central Florida.
  Now, this may be confusing to the President and to Senator McConnell, 
but to Brandon and his wife, who both have Federal jobs in my district 
and zero income coming in, it is all too clear.
  It is all too clear to Ralph, an Army veteran who is trying to juggle 
expenses for three children, including a special needs child.
  It is all too clear to Doug, who keeps sensitive equipment working at 
the airport, but now he is struggling to cover daily expenses while 
also taking care of his mother.
  It is all too clear, Madam Speaker, to my constituent Jeff, a Coast 
Guard retiree, now a civilian employee, who is working to raise money 
to help current Coast Guard servicemen. But Jeff himself is also not 
receiving a paycheck.
  Families like these--and there are hundreds of thousands of them--are 
real people with real pain.
  The President and Senator McConnell need to do the right thing and 
put an end to this destructive shutdown now.

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