mr. kelley? guest: that is the point. thank you for calling. the point is that so many areas are affected by the shutdown that the average person is not aware of. thank you for bringing that to the attention of the american public. they will be affected in so many ways. host: in washington, d.c., this is mary come alive for democrats. -- mary, live for to mcgrath's. -- democrats. caller: i am a retired federal worker. i know that social security will not be impacted, but will retired federal workers -- will be get paid? guest: you will get a paycheck as a retiree. that is not going to be an issue. social security itself will be affected. the workforce will be affected, but you will get paid. if that is an issue with your paycheck, i do not know how you would address that. that is something we have to be concerned about, or if there is a new claim in social security that is something we need to be concerned about. host: social security checks would still go out. it is just that processing new clai

mr. kelley?uest: that is the point. thank you for calling. the point is that so many areas are affected by the shutdown that the average person is not aware of. thank you for bringing that to the attention of the american public. they will be affected in so many ways. host: in washington, d.c., this is mary come alive for democrats. -- mary, live for to mcgrath's. -- democrats. caller: i am a retired federal worker. i know that social security will not be impacted, but will retired federal workers -- will be get paid? guest: you will get a paycheck as a retiree. that is not going to be an issue. social security itself will be affected. the workforce will be affected, but you will get paid. if that is an issue with your paycheck, i do not know how you would address that. that is something we have to be concerned about, or if there is a new claim in social security that is something we need to be concerned about. host: social security checks would still go out. it is just that processing new claims

mrs. boebert: i rise today to offer my amendment to utilizes the holman rule to reduce the salary of shawn kelley. that salary shall be reduced to $1. as the assistant secretary of defense, he's the principal advisor to the secretary of defense and the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness on all matters related to the readiness of our armed forces. in that capacity he is supposed to develop policies and plans provide advice, and make religiouses for total force readiness programs. reporting and assessments of readiness to execute the national defense strategy. like many of biden's bureaucrats, mr. kelly is failing at his job and the basic responsibilities. on his watch the army missed their recruiting goal by 15,000 soldiers last year, and all other branches were forced to dig deep into their pools of delayed entry applicants to meet their recruitment goals. on top of that, the army, navy, air force, and coast guard are all expected to fall short of their recruitment goals this year. mr. skelly has been with the biden administration since the beginning and was appointed to the tr