Chrissy Houlahan actually said...

"But what we should never tolerate is federal workers and contractors being forced to work without pay because we in the executive and legislative branches have failed to perform our very basic duties ..."

"I watched as constituents at home went without pay, and people were used as pawns in political negotiations."

"I am the daughter of a refugee who came here 70 years ago, and these issues are critically important to me as well."

"What I am trying to understand is in a world where we have these caps, which are not being met."