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On the recordJanuary 16, 2019
Let me just finish by citing Adrian Pellot, one of those workers whom I met on Monday. Adrian is a behavior detection officer. He has done it for more than a decade. He is one of those workers going without pay. I will just leave you with this thought. He told me: We have no income right now. We're bleeding money. Just day-to-day things. Food. I still have to pay the bills. So do all of those 800,000 workers. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut
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Jan 16, 2019

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