Ann Kirkpatrick: “I was in my district over the weekend. We had a couple of marches. We had a Women's March. We had a march for MLK Day. A…”

“I was in my district over the weekend. We had a couple of marches. We had a Women's March. We had a march for MLK Day. A man approached me, and he said: Representative Kirkpatrick, I work for the National Park Service. I am furloughed. I have no income. I have missed two paychecks. He said: My 9-year-old son gave me his Christmas gift card to help our family get by. He had tears in his eyes, and I am tearing right now just telling that story, because this shutdown is affecting families, children. The instability that these children are feeling--and we don't talk about that enough--is going to affect them for the rest of their lives. We have got to open the government, and we have got to do it now. ____________________”