The hope was, well, this would be a temporary----
I think we have to look at that, Mr. Berteau.
Why can't I go back to work and do my job?
Federal contractors and their families should not be penalized for a government shutdown they did nothing to cause.
President Trump used nearly 800,000 Federal employees as pawns in what I consider to be a ruthless attempt to fulfill a ...
And I want to thank you for also drawing attention to the fact that even after the shutdown ended on January 25, there w...
I am very committed to working with Congresswomen Wexton and Norton and our leader, Jerry Connolly, to make sure that we...
We want to make sure that we do not have these shutdowns again.
I think all Virginians, probably all Americans, should be grateful for the leadership role that you play on Oversight ri...
And no other government activity, no legislation could pass the House or the Senate until we open the government again.
You read again and again, the No. 1 reason why security clearances are denied is because of financial hardship.
With my friend Tim Kaine, whom all of you know, we introduced a bill in the Senate and the House that would propose a so...
one of the things that we are looking at is to have legislation that would require that credit reporting bureaus correct...
We need to make sure that they do not forget the pain that was suffered by all these folks and businesses during the shu...
And is there something like a stop-work clause that is included in all of the government contracts that say that if you ...
So we need to do better for our employees. We need to do better for our contract workers, especially as more and more--t...
we need to make sure that they do not forget the pain that was suffered by all these folks and businesses during the shu...
Because, you know, as we've heard, Federal employees get protected; Federal contractors don't.
