commissioner bart chilton said taking our cops off the beat, even for a few days, mr. president, would have disastrous impacts on the markets and the consumers. we talked about the c.d.c. they are furloughed, 9,000 workers who respond to outbreak like salmonella. this at a time when an outbreak of hepatitis-a has affected 79 people in california. so we are dealing with a self-inflicted wound upon this nation, a government shutdown. it is unnecessary. we cannot see this continue. so i say to speaker boehner, who is the architect of this shutdown, stop playing games with the lives of americans. our workers, our families, our children. do your job. open up the government. let the house vote. it's pretty simple. we have sent a bill over there which funds the government. we have submitted to them that after they pass that in the debt ceiling, every single thing is on the table. you know, i was thinking the other day if you're a teacher and you get hired in a school and the school opens for work at 9:00 every morning, you have to be in the classroom at 9:00 in the morning i