ms. lofgren. ms. lofgren: as my friend and colleague, representative swalwell, pointed out, the government shutdown is causing serious damage to our country. the shutdown is putting americans out of work and hurting the economy. not only the jobs of federal employees but the thousands of small businesses who provide fwoods an services to the government and government employee whors not spending money that they no longer are getting in paychecks. this harm is being felt across the country by millions of people, the closures impact thousands of people. we know the small business administration is not lending to the tune of $1 billion a month. federal business statistics are not being released, leaving us essentially flying behind when it comes to how the economy is doing, army corps of engineer projects halted, consumer product safety commission not reviewing products to keep us safe. v.a. not being able to decide claims from veterans. we saw the horrifying news earlier this week that death benefits for

ms. lofgren. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h.j.res. 59, to open the government, to go to conference on a budget so that we end this republican shutdown and stop holding the economy hostage. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: i yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to the gentlelady from california, ms. brownley. ms. brownley: mr. speaker, please, our country is asking, i'm asking unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to house joint resolution 59 to open our government and go to conference on a budget so that we will end this republican government shutdown now and get our government back to work for the american people. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr.

ms. lofgren. is a leader of the democrats when it comes to immigration.she was the chair and is currently the ranking member of the immigration subcommittee so that i'll immigration issues flow through her committee. but it's not her title but rather her compassion, her expertise, the quality of the staff she surrounds herself with that makes are absolutely indispensable when it comes to immigration reform. thank you for joining us. [applause] >> and finally, we will hear from john yarmuth of kentucky. at the beginning of this congress, democratic leader, nancy pelosi, in consultation with top your becerra, suggested to the group that was forming that john must join us. they were really smart in taking him. he's white, he's from the middle of the country, but most importantly he knows how to get things done across party lines on difficult issues, like immigration. he was indispensable to the democratic leader in our party on health care. he's of reform journalist and newspaper publisher. but the reform into there. ends there. so he knows a thing or two ab