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

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                          END THE SHUTDOWN NOW

  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask my Republican 
colleagues, who continue to vote against reopening the government, how 
they respond to their constituents who are suffering during this 
inhumane shutdown.
  For example, my office was contacted by the wife of a Federal 
corrections officer from South Carolina's Third District. Her husband 
works at the Federal prison in Edgefield, and she just had bariatric 
surgery and is unable to work. She is unable to afford the vitamins her 
doctor prescribed because they are not covered by insurance. Without 
these vitamins, she may develop deficiencies that could cause death.
  To further add to their financial difficulties, her husband, as a 
correctional officer, was required to sign a document that he would not 
get another job. They sacrificed a lot to build the good credit score 
they have that this shutdown is impacting, and their family's finances 
will be affected well into the future.
  Again, I ask my colleagues across the aisle: How do you respond to 
your constituents who are suffering?
  They need leadership from the President, Leader McConnell, and House 
Republicans to end the shutdown now. Enough is enough.

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