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Today @TimKaine and I heard from federal workers who missed paychecks their families depend on today because of the President’s shutdown. Some of these stories are just heart-wrenching. 
Almost everyone was worried about missing a mortgage, car, or student loan payment.
One new father told me he was unable to get medicine for his seven-week-old daughter for a time because the worker processing her insurance was furloughed. rollcall.com/news/congress/…
These Virginians came from all across the federal government — safety inspectors, lawyers, a DHS employee unable to work on actual border security improvements, and even someone who had to leave work supporting efforts in Iraq on his desk because he was furloughed.
This is a waste of these people’s talents. It is an insult to their service to the country. And it is not how people should be treated by their government.
These are real people who are really struggling because of this shutdown. It’s time for the President to end this.
