On the recordOctober 10, 2013
That is true. Mr. Takano, as you know, I represent a majority of the area that is commonly called ``Silicon Valley.'' We were doing relatively well with the shutdown; however, government contracts, entrepreneurship are going to be affected, and that trickles down throughout the system, including what we call the ``supply chains,'' where other companies throughout this country, in other parts of the State are affected also. This is almost like an arithmetic kind of extension of this impact when--I guess Warren Buffett said it best, that it is a nuclear bomb, because it just continues to spread its impact throughout our country and our economy.





