the chaplain of the senate --rted by a knology the 5 acknowledging the five families who were notified after they lost a military member, a son, husband, brother in afghanistan over the weekend. the chaplain noted that in their bereavement, they were being denied the basic benefits. the chaplain of the senate set up this morning, enough is enough. this notion that closing down our government and keeping it closed is somehow acceptable political conduct is outrageous. we just left a press conference where the senator mikulski of impactd, spoke about the on the local economy of the loss of these jobs. i could tell stories of illinois come of 50,000 federal workers. we were in the midst of a terrible accident last week right before october 1, a train ran into one of our metro trains coming back from the airport. 30 people were sent to the hospital. the national transportation safety board would not to investigate the accident. -- went out to investigate the accident. at midnight onve october 1. we will pick out the vital functions of government. so far, all of the bills passed by the hous