jennifer marino, also 25, a nurse from san diego, and part of the command cultural support team. 25-year-oldody patterson, from oregon, on his second deployment to afghanistan, special agent joseph peters, a 24-year-old intelligence officer serving two tours in iraq, father of a 20-month-old son, his wife issued a statement about the benefits, saying yes, it is upsetting because my husband died for his country and now his family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to me, they would always take care of us. i am a stay at home mom, he always wanted that. >> reporter: this is kelly o'donnell on capitol hill where there is outrage. >> i am ashamed, embarrassed, we all should be. >> reporter: as congress deals with the unexpected casualty of the government shutdown. >> i would hate to look those families in the eye and say well, yeah, this is all because democrats and republicans can't

. >> reporter: first lieutenant jennifer marino joined the army's special operations command as a surgical nurse. last weekend, the 25-year-old soldier and three others were killed been an ied or improvised explosive device. one of marina's former teachers called her a model cadette. >> we thought highly of her and we thought highly of the family. that's what we are going to miss, her beauty, her charm. we'll always remember her in our hearts. >> the cass debt's family as well as families of other service members will not be receiving guaranteed death benefits because of the shutdown. families are given $100,000 to help cover funeral costs and transportation. >> while that may not be urgent for me, it is urgent for someone. >> her son was on patrol saturday when he was killed. he was only 19 years old. >> for the sacrifice that our kids are making at the age they are making them, i don't understand how this can be a benefit that's withheld. i will never understand it. >> the death benefit was passed by congress at the height of the iraq and afghanistan wars when no one imagined it could be

lieutenant jennifer marino was killed sunday in afghanistan. she was a former nursing student at the university of san francisco and also a member of the rotc program. that group honored her yesterday. word that the fisher house foundation would pay the death benefits came as welcome news. >> it thank god the fisher house stepped up and has provided money for the families to be able to -- to receive the body and everything. [ crying ] >> but it's kind of assinine. >> moreno was among four soldiers killed in sunday's attack. governor brown has ordered flags at the state capital to be flown at half-staff in her honor. >>> president obama made it official: he nominated former uc-berkeley professor janet yellen to be the next chairman of the federal reserve. >> thank you, mr. president. i'm honored and humbled by the faith that you have placed in me. >> yellen is currently the fed's vice chair under ben bernanke, whose term expires in january. yellen taught economics in uc- berkeley and was once the head of the san francisco federal reserve. if con

they were first lieutenant jennifer marino, u.s. army. sergeant joseph peters, u.s. army. sergeant ettrick hawkins, u.s. army. private first class cody patterson, u.s. army. lance corporal jeremiah collins, u.s. marine corps. killed, after they were their families were notified that our government would not pay death benefits because of the government shutdown. when i heard about this yesterday morning, i simply could not believe it was true. i asked my staff to look into the matter and find out if it could possibly be true. unfortunately, they confirmed that indeed, we had denied these benefits. we took a meeting of action and along with a bipartisan group of members representing the district where these fallen heroes lived, we moved forward and introduced the legislation. as it has been said, the bill will provide funding to pay survivor benefits and cover the funeral costs for these military families and all servicemembers who may give the ultimate sacrifice during this shutdown of our government services. god forbid that any other family should be put in this situation

sergeant joseph parts, first lieutenant jennifer marino, sergeant patrick hawkins and private first classodey patterson returned home from afghanistan. friends of sergeant peters who left behind a wife and 20-month-old son expressed concern. >> people lose their life. people losing their sons and daughters. their husbands, their wives. >> they have family waiting that need help. >> reporter: on the eve the shutdown, the president signed the way on military families act. they thought that law gave the pentagon the authority it needed to pay benefits. >> it's disgraceful that they're withholding these benefits. >> i guess somebody in the justice department or pentagon had some problems interpreting what we said. >> reporter: the white house woke up to the problem today ordering the pentagon and the white house to fix it. >> president was very disturbed to learn of this problem. the president expects this to be fixed today. >> reporter: begging the question, why wasn't it figured sooner. the pentagon warned congress presumably the white house three days before the shutdown. >> we are also re

denied the benefit was someone important to me, a constituent of mine, army first lieutenant jennifer marino from san diego who was killed this weekend in afghanistan by a roadside bomb. 25 years old. and because of this shutdown, brought to us by the republicans, those families suffered even more in their already suffering. let's be clear, this never had to happen. never had to happen. this government has been shut down by the republicans for one reason, and john boehner was honest about it. he said -- and i quote him -- "the american people don't want to shut down the government, but the american people don't want obamacare. they don't want the affordable care act." well, let me say that to close down the government because you don't like a law that was passed almost four years ago, to shut down the government because you lost a presidential election which was based in large part on this, to shut down the government to keep our people, millions of them, from getting affordable care for the first time, it's a disgrace. it is. there is no other way to say it except maybe it was said beautifu

united states service members died in service to our nation, like too many before, lieutenant jennifer marino, sergeant hawkins, sergeant joseph peters, and private first class cody patterson were killed far from home by an improvised explosive device in the remote kandahar province of afghanistan. mr. bishop: now due to the government shutdown, they will not -- their families have not been disbursed the benefits from the united states military they are rightfully owed. these benefits include reimbursement to the family for funeral expenses, payment of survivor housing, reimbursement of funeral travel, travel associated with the dignified transfer of the remains and other expenses. this is an outrage. two of the fallen, sergeant hawkins and private patterson were based in my district at fort benning, georgia. both were members of the 5th ranger regiment. sergeant hawkins was serving his fourth deployment to afghanistan and private patterson his second. imagine the pain these families are going through coping with the death of a loved one. imagine being greeted with a cold shoulder of the gove