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On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
it is very rare that I get on the floor to address an issue, but tonight I felt that it was important for me to do such a thing for two reasons. I found out this afternoon that along the Mexican border, the Arizona border, that we have Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement personnel who are out there enforcing the laws of this country and they are doing it and will do it without pay. There is a case in which it is a couple, man and wife, with children, who are employees of the Border Patrol out there on the desert, protecting this country from criminal activities, apprehending people who went across the border illegally, and yet this couple finds themselves today and tomorrow that they may not have the money to pay their mortgage or to pay their bills. At the veterans hospital in Phoenix, AZ, we have employees going to food banks in order that they can feed their children and their families. I agree, and very rarely do I agree with Bob Dole, but enough is enough.
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Ed Pastor
Arizona

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Addressing the impact of government shutdown on Border Patrol agents and federal employees.

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