Uh we have the same thing in new Mexico it is really uh and and our good friend uh senator bennett here from Colorado we have federal employees throughout this nation that really give the extra Beth they go the extra mile and so I'm gonna talk a lot about that uh the same way senator Warner is and with the same kind of passion yes you know today senator Warner is day 24 of the trump shutdown federal government and Fur lowed and others aren't working there the others are working they're working but they did not get their paychecks federal contractors have already receive stop work orders not only are they not getting paid but they will never receive back pay for work lost this trump shutdown is now the longest shutdown in u s history history will show this shut down to be a political and financial fiasco of the president's making as you can see From this map published by the New York times and I'm sure our uh presiding officer we'll see this this map here shows as you get more Green on this map you're hurt more by this shutdown and you can see that the Alaska uh Maryland Virginia new Mexico Montana there Colorado there are a lot of States that are really really hurt we have a large workforce and some of the federal agencies that are currently shut down including The Department of interior the homeland security Department and the Department of agriculture my staff estimates conservatively that we have at least 10800 federal employees affected not counting law enforcement we are a small state this has a big impact and there are not good estimates of the impact on many new mexicans employed by or under contract with federal Federal employees are true public servants who often forego jobs that pay more because they believed in public service these men and women have families some don't have much in the way of savings some live paycheck to paycheck like the border patrol agent from las cruces in southern new Mexico who work for customs and border protection for eighteen years he tells me Quote here I live paycheck to paycheck if I don't get paid the money that I earn I'm not going to make it and he puts that in caps I'm not going to make it creditors are not forgiving any deaths I'm asking you to please try and help me and all federal workers get paid I feel stressed and helpless please help this is from a border patrol agent the folks that we rely on to actually keep our nation safe which the President claims is his aim This agent is hurting the President is devastating these agents and their families while border patrol agents may or may not support a Wall they do not support going unpaid for the difficult and dangerous work they do in service to our nation in service to keeping our borders safe and the president's which we all know this is the president's claimed goal The president's on convincing claim that he can't quote relate to federal workers not getting paid was belied by his completely out of touch statement that they can quote make adjustments and be just fine this President cannot relate to the professional support employ in the las cruces Fbi office whose mortgage company gas company and credit card companies are giving her no leeway making no While she goes without pay she says she is quote a real human being who is being held hostage she worked for the Fbi for 21 years but she will probably leave federal service early that's so that she has the financial security she needs to pay our bills she and the other 800000 other federal workers are being held hostage by a President Who is willing to wreck American families for his vanity Wall an occupational therapist with the Indian health services at the gallup Indian medical centre in northwestern new Mexico tells me emphatically in all capital letters I am not with the President on this issue she is working hard providing needed services to native communities but providing for herself and with no pay she is beyond stretched she was Her son pay off College loans she's had to tell him she can't help right now she has an elderly mother she visits in las cruces she can't plan a trip now in fact Indian health service health care providers all over the country provide services essential to health and wellness of nearly two point two million American Indians and Alaska natives in over 800 hospitals and clinics in 37 States these federal and And medical professionals including over two thousand nurses nearly as many doctors pharmacists dentists and physician assistance aren't getting paid but they are forced to work without pay and there is no end in sight federal contractors really feel the brunt of the shutdown they're contract payments are stopped contractors have never received back payments after a government shutdown we have a federal Tractor and albuquerque abc limited new Mexico on minority women owned company that has 20 600 employees and contractors nationwide with 300 and 30 employees in albuquerque the company conducts background check investigations for ironically enough the Department of homeland security and other federal agencies this company's Has come to a complete stop and this slows down d hs a's ability to hire qualified employees in hidden in its mission to keep our borders and nation safe this company is losing tens of thousands of dollars a day this you can imagine really hurts my state and its loss in revenues translates directly to a loss in state tax revenue the multiple Effect of the shutdown on new Mexico in the nation will ripple throughout the economy this privately held company owned by new mexicans whose lineage in our state goes back more than 300 years is currently paying its employees even though its revenue has stopped the owners are sacrificing to do so but they can't continue for the months or even years the President says he's shut town could last federal employees Stay in their jobs without pay for months or years they have to feed their families pay their mortgage or their ramp last week the Senate passed es 20 for sponsored by 43 Democrats and one Republican by voice vote the bill guarantees the fir lloyd for load federal workers would be paid retroactively as soon as possible this is the least Congress can do for these workers it does not However the pain federal workers endure through a shutdown or guarantee that their homes won't be at risk during a shutdown or guarantee that food will be on their table or ensure that federal workers will stay in their jobs during a prolonged shutdown like the one this President apparently for sees the solution is to shutdown the shutdown to do it now to do it immediately and this trump shutdown doesn't only affect federal employees Contractors it affects the tens of thousands of Americans who rely on government services or need approval for projects a local Santa fe small business a construction company sark on construction Corporation is ready to begin a eight point four million dollar project to build two new hangars at the Santa fe municipal airport this 32000 square foot project will generate 600 and 50000 dollars in local tax revenue and it will employ 75 100 people many of those people are literally unemployed now waiting for this project to begin this project is a big deal for my home city of Santa fe but do you know why the project is stalled sark on can't get the necessary approval from the federal aviation administration because of the trump shutdown the faa personnel responsible for approval are for load As we can see the shutdown has real consequences for real people especially for people like those unemployed construction workers in new Mexico ready and eager to go to work but unable because of our president's inability to do his job the president's ridiculous claim that many federal employees are not getting paid Support his shutdown has no basis in reality the federal workers in new Mexico who are fur lord or working without pay the federal workers we have heard from do not support the shutdown an employee with the Department of interior in albuquerque writes well I'm not sure how much good it would do to email the White House to go on record that I am not one of the federal employees the President is talent e as wanting to be out of work without a paycheck until he gets his Wall I just want to go on record that no Federal employees do not want to stay out of work we want to go back to work and get paid this is not our fight just his a husband and wife from las cruces who both work for the environmental protection agency are also among the many federal workers who did not support the trump shutdown they have three children and they need their paychecks they don't support trump's Wall either has epa engineers they understand and oppose the environmental destruction it will cause he For the National aeronautics and space administration at White sands missile range in new Mexico is one of the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are essential and working without pay he's working on a critical space infrastructure and testing related to the space x launch scheduled for later this month there is no good reason this important work is not being paid for right now there's no good Why any federal employees not getting their salary today no good reason federal contractors contracts are not being honor this federal shutdown hurts American families across my state and the nation it hurts our economy one federal employee in new Mexico wanted to tell their story but was banned by their employer on the ground it would represent illegal lobbying of Congress this is My faults federal employees contacting their federal elected representatives about the shutdown and its impact on their work and lives is not prohibited lobby the trump administration is not only put these people out of work it is now dogging them and denying them their free speech rights I call upon the President to end this terrible shutdown he should do so immediately and Mr I yield the floor Majority leader I ask unanimous hundred and it's gonna be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes stage without objection I ask unanimous consent the appointment at the desk appear separately