northern virginia bureau reporter david culliver shows ug how coard spouses are making their plea. >>reporter: on a mission through the halls of congress, these spouses and parents of coast guard members knocking on doors. >> good morning. >> reporter: meeting with any lawmaker wr their staff whol hear them out. > we know what it's like through to be the thick and thin and made the sacrifices. we never thought we would have to make the sacrifice without a paycheck. >> susan is here to help support younger cost guard members like this gentleman. >> he's 19-year-old kid. he went from high school to boot camp. >> my husband is active duty. and i actually work for the coast guard as a civilian, >>ye. ho is getting paid in the family. >> neither one of us. >> and even those of us that feel like oh, we're okay now, if it gs on that long, well maybe we're not. >> reporter: loved ones used to making sacrifices at home,ng tao the front lines of this shutdown showdown on capitol hill, david culliver, news 4. >>> the u.s. coast guard falls under the department of homeland security rather depa

you can find that by searching amazon impact in the nbc washington ap in alexandria, david culliver,ews 4. >>> it's the video that sparked outrage last month. a referee in new jersey h forci h school wrestler to cut his locks or forfeit the match. now a new incident involving a young athlete's hair is causing controversy in virginia. a basketball coach in chesapeake says she was at a game on t saturday whe ref asked to speak with her. she says the man pointed out one of her player's was wearing ds br saying the 10-year-olds hair style would not be allowed if she wanted to keep the girl he singled out also happened to be the coach's daughter. >> my daughter come over and he inted to, iguess, the point where her natural hair meets twa hair tha braided in and said he didn't know what that was. i said that's heral natur hair. >> the coach says the ref made an unnecessary spectacle of her daughter. according to the virginia high school basketball league, hair accessories like elastic bands are addressed in the rules but hair weave has not. the ref has been banned from officiating a kids b