On the recordOctober 10, 2013
My wife had a call last night from one of her best friends. She was angry, disappointed, and frightened. Her husband is a civilian worker at Scott Air Force Base. His paycheck was one-half what it usually is. Their son is a community college student who just got laid off. Their daughter is disabled. They are my voters. They are my friends. What do I tell them? What do I tell the veterans whose disability claims aren't being processed? What do I tell the laid-off prison guards in southern Illinois who will lose their food stamps? What do I tell the retired mine workers who have lost their pensions in bankruptcy and now have to worry about their Social Security checks? I can't tell them to call their Congressman. They already have. I tell them, Call 202-225-6205, and tell the Speaker to put America and its government back to work. ____________________
