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SHUTDOWN -- FAMILY
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U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, has introduced legislation to fund the Coast Guard
SHUTDOWN -- FAMILY: A Coast Guard family from Nazareth and how they're coping with the partial government shutdown. New U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, has introduced legislation to fund the Coast Guard -- and pay salaries -- during the partial government shutdown. MEGAN
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SHUTDOWN -- FAMILY
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SHUTDOWN -- FAMILY: A Coast Guard family from Nazareth and how they're coping with the partial government shutdown. New U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, has introduced legislation to fund the Coast Guard -- and pay salaries -- during the partial government shutdown. MEGAN
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>>> THERE'S 42,000 MEMBERS THE FULL COAST GUARD.
THAT'S 42,000 PEOPLE THAT GAS MONEY.
THEY'RE HAVING BABIES AND THESE OTHER THINGS THAT AF THEIR LIVES.
>> THE NAZARETH FAMILY OF INCLUDING TWO KIDS AGES 10 12 ARE GOING THE FIRST WEE WITHOUT A PAYCHECK DUE TO PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOW >> MY HAS BEEN'S IN UNITED STATES POST COAST GUARD IT PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND NOT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND ARE AFFECTED BY THE SHUTDO >> WHILE HER FAMILY HAS EMERGENCY FUNDS IT IS NOT H TO GET THEM THROUGH MORE T FEW WEEKS.
>> WE HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY F MORTGAGE FOR FEBRUARY BUT THAT'S ALL THAT WILL BE PA WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOMEW TO LIVE FOR FEBRUARY.
>> HER HUSBAND DRIVES ABOU MILES TO GET TO WORK.
>> GAS MONEY IS SCARCE WIT WE HAVE TO BUDGET THE GAS TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO W AND MY DAUGHTER ALSO HAS D APPOINTMENTS.
SOME OF HER DOCTORS ARE IN HERSHEY.
>> IN ORDER TO BE CLOSE TO DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS TH LIVE THERE.
WORKING WITHOUT PAY IS NOT CHOICE FOR ENACTED DUTY SE MEMBER.
>> HE JUST CAN'T GO GET AN JOB, HE DOES NOT SHOW UP F WORK THAN HE IS A WALL.
THEY WILL COME KNOCK ON TH DOOR AND ARREST HIM AND TA HIM TO WORK.
HE WORKS FOR FREE RIGHT NO >> SHE SAID THE BILLS ARE ALREADY STACKING UP.
>> BOTH T-MOBILE AND LIBER MUTUAL HAVE HELPED US.
THERE ARE STILL OTHER ONES NOT NECESSARILY LAUGH AT Y BUT SAY THIS IS YOUR BILL.
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT?
>> WARM WEATHER WAIT AND F THE GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN T MAKING CUTBACKS AT THE HOU >> IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE STRUGGLING BY ANY MEANS BU A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT.
WE HAVE THE FIREPLACE GOIN WE TURN THE LIGHTS OFF.
>> SHE'S NOT BUYING HER NO GROCERY ORDER EITHER.
>> CHEESE AND TOMATO SOUP.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
WE TELL THE KIDS WERE TO CAMPING.
IT DOES HAVE NORMALLY MORE THINGS AND THEIR SNACKS TH ARE UNBOXED AND WERE NOT STRUGGLING BUT WERE ON OUR BUDGET.
>> THEY ALSO DECIDED TO HO OFF ON RENEWING HUNTING PES .
>> MY HAS BEEN GET LIGHT S LICENSE FOR HUNTING.
HE GETS VENISON AND CAN BU HIS OWN.
>> I STARTED MAKING BRACES THEIR ESSENTIAL OIL BRACEL AND THEY HAVE CHARMS ON TH AND THEY HAVE LAVA BEADS.
THEY ABSORB ANYTHING YOU P THERE SUCH AS PERFUME ARE ESSENTIAL OILS.
ANYTIME SOMEONE STOPS MY I GOES INTO THIS LOVELY LITT ENVELOPE FOR FOOD MONEY AN GETS DASHED OVER HERE SO W WE DO HAVE TO PULL OUT AT WE KNOW WE HAVE A BUDGET F THAT.
>> SUSAN WILDE DOES NOT TH MILITARY FAMILIES SHOULD H TO GO WITHOUT A PAYCHECK.
LAST WEEK SHE INTRODUCED H FIRST BILL ON THE HOUSE FL TO FUND THE COAST GUARD DU THE SHUTDOWN NOW IN ITS FO WEEK.
>> CONTINUING APPROPRIATIO THE COAST GUARD ACT, I AM THIS ON BEHALF OF JANINE A HER FAMILY.
CONSTITUENTS FROM NAZARETH PENNSYLVANIA.
JANINE IS A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN AGES 10 AND 12.
H HUSBAND OF 15 YEARS IS A C GUARD MEMBER UNTIL RECENTL THEY WERE FOCUSED ON WHAT FAMILIES ACROSS OUR COUNTR FOCUS ON, FAMILY TIME, WOR BALANCING THEIR CHECKBOOK PAY THEIR MORTGAGE AND BIL AND ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS TOGETHER AND HOPING TO CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR.
ALL OF THAT CHANGED THIS P DECEMBER WHEN A PARTISAN F IN WASHINGTON OVER WHICH T HAD NO CONTROL SUDDENLY TH THEIR FAMILIES ENTIRE EXIS INTO QUESTIONED.
>> MY WHOLE FAMILY SAT ON COUCH AND WATCHED IT AND W WERE ALL IN TEARS.
EVEN MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE, CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE WHO NOT KNOW WAS AN NEW TO PA HER FURRY FIRST BILL IS GO OUT AND FIGHTING FOR PEOPL GET OVERLOOKED.
THE COAST GUARD GETS OVERLOOKED.
WE ARE TOLD ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT WE ARE NOT A BRANCH OF THE MILITARY.
TO EVEN ARGUE THAT STATEME RIDICULOUS AND I AM FOREVE THANKFUL THAT SHE DID THAT US.
>> JANINE TELLS HER KIDS, YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING YOU MAKE A PROMI SERVICEMEMBERS LIKE JANINE HAS BEEN BABE PROMISE TO D OUR NATION WHEN THEY TOOK OATH.
THEY HAVE NEVER LET US DOW CAN SHOWTHEM THAT WE TAKE OF OUR OWN.
THE BILL HAS 15 COSPONSORS INCLUDING MADELINE DEAN, R FITZPATRICK AND OTHERS.
IT WILL GET 42,000 ACTIVE- COAST GUARD MEMBERS THEIR PAYCHECKS DURING THE SHUTD >> I HAVE TO STAY HOPEFUL DO IT BECAUSE OF THE KIDS.
I WANT THEM NOT TO FEAR.
>> I AM MEGAN FRANK FOR PB NEWS TONIGHT.
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