I would ask the gentlelady about the number of Federal employees you have in your area who remain unable to do their work.

That is one of the reasons I feel that, with every hour that we go through this government shutdown and with every hour that we get nearer to a default--an historic default on the full faith and credit of the United States--we are…

That is correct. The other thing that happens: suppose you have a cafe across the street from a major Federal installation. Suppose you have a dry cleaners or a service station or an auto repair. Your business has fallen through the floor…

That is exactly what I wanted to explore with you. First of all, all of those public service workers, whether they are at work or not at work, continue to face the uncertainty of whether their paychecks will arrive when the car payment is…

There was an understanding, that he acknowledged, reached between the House and the Senate that we Democrats, in order to keep the government functioning, would agree on, for a time this fall, to accept an unacceptable low number that we…

Mr. Speaker, shutting down this House for the next 2 days--after shutting down the government--is truly an act of great irresponsibility. The threat to the security of our families grows with each hour of the government shutdown and with…

I view that as a real disgrace. This week in Texas, in San Antonio and in Austin, as we attempted to call the Veterans Administration about problems some of our veterans were having, they said they had turned off their equipment and that…

Mr. Speaker, Ms. Pelosi has already cleared it. Who is objecting? Who is not clearing it? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not recognized.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the House bring up the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, instead of leaving for a 3-day weekend, that we open the government, go to conference on a budget, and end this Republican government…

We agreed to do that. The Speaker indicated that he had agreed to that, and then this Tea Party faction took control, the shutdown caucus.

We have said we will do that now if it will keep our government open and protect our families and avoid default, open the government. And it is that motion, not a motion to give us all that we have asked for, but a motion to take the…