Sheila Jackson Lee: “Let them eat cake--Marie Antoinette. The Secretary of Commerce has indicated that my $28,000-paid TSA agent can walk…”

“Let them eat cake--Marie Antoinette. The Secretary of Commerce has indicated that my $28,000-paid TSA agent can walk into the Nation's banks and demand a loan. Well, right now, in my district, the city and other good neighbors are opening their doors to give free groceries to those TSOs and other wonderful Federal workers. I don't know what bank they can go into. I can tell you that Edith, who just returned from deployment in the Middle East, is suffering. She hasn't worked for 25 days. To make matters worse, she has to take temporary work in order to help pay for her children. She now is selling personal possessions to make a difference. Sandra, who recently came to Houston to work at NASA, came to start on January 7 from Nebraska. She hasn't been able to work; she doesn't have a job; and she doesn't have any money. Or what about Linda, who has been working and now has to work extra shifts to help pay for her children? She, too, is selling her items for rent, groceries, everything that is needed. Let them eat cake. That is what is being said by this administration. Open the government. Pay our workers now. Mr. Republican, join us in the 11 times that we have voted to open the government now.…”