albans, vermont, says the uncertainty is the hardest part, both for her agency and the victims it serves. at the end of the last week, the first of the tea party shutdown, she said, "we're fielding a lot of calls from survivors who don't know how they're going to make ends meet. people just don't know what the impact will be." so you get abused first by whoever the abuser is and now you're going to get abused by this tea party shutdown. so let's end the uncertainty, let's end the shutdown, let's fulfill our promises to the people we're here to represent. the continuing resolution passed by the senate, a resolution which, after all, was asked for by the house of representatives and was a compromise with them, could end this stalemate. you know, the leadership in the house of representatives should have the courage to bring it to a vote, the courage not necessarily for their own political needs but the courage for the needs of america. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. warner: madam president, i first of al