Lynn C. Woolsey: “it is truly difficult to balance the family budget when you do not know when the next check is coming in. I know…”

“it is truly difficult to balance the family budget when you do not know when the next check is coming in. I know, because 28 years ago I was a single working mother with three small children, and I never received the child support that I was owed. Yet, as we head into the 20th day of the Gingrich Government shutdown, that is the same situation that the new majority is forcing on thousands of American families. Each day the Gingrich shutdown drags on, approximately 20,000 deadbeat parents get off the hook from paying their child support. It is one thing being poor, Mr. Speaker, but not knowing when and if a check will come in severely compounds the problem. By continuing to insist on huge Medicare cuts and education cuts and massive special interest tax breaks, the Gingrich Republicans are leaving thousands of American families in limbo, not knowing when they will receive their next child support check. It is time to end the Gingrich shutdown.”