On the recordOctober 1, 2013
I thank the ranking member. Two hours ago, one of my constituents showed up in person at my district office in Lakewood. She was frantic and in tears. She just received her furlough notice last night. She's a Federal employee who has been furloughed 3 days since March. She's a single mom of a 25-year-old and a grandmother of a 2-year-old, both of whom live with her. She works hard, goes to work every day, and can't understand why she has to pay the price for these political shenanigans. I can assure you she's not celebrating like I saw some of my friends on the Republican side last night. We've got to defeat this piecemeal. We've got real people who are hurt by this shutdown, and we need to take care of it right now and get the CR on the floor.
