i want to tell you about just one: steve finnerty from bedford. i talked to steve earlier today. he's a civil engineer and worked for the f.a.a. for the last 15 years. he's the sole breadwinner for his family of five. he has a young daughter and a pair of year-old twins who are struggling with medical issues. he's already lost nearly two weeks of pay, and he's not sure that he's going to get that pay back even when he does go back to work. he's concerned understandably about how he's going to pay his mortgage and his doctor bills and the grocery bills and all the other needs that his family has. and now he's facing the possibility of an entire month without pay. and there are thousands of people all across the country who are stuck in the same circumstance who want to get back to work, who we need to get back to work. we need them to get back to work so they can pay their mortgages and their children's college tuitions and their medical bills. we need them to get back to work so they can continue to build a g.p.s.-based air traffic control system like every other industrialized h