sons' therapies because she's not getting paid. >> reporter: what is the impact on them? >> one of the things that causes my little guy here to have seizures is additional stress. so we try and keep stress levels down. additional stress could mean more hospital visits because there's more seizures. >> reporter: when you heard the president say that those federal employees like you that were furloughed would make adjustments, what we want through your mind yesterday when you heard that? >> adjustments to what? lose my house? move into an apartment? what adjustments would you like us to make? we had no time. i would like to know what adjustments he suggests the american people make, because again, he doesn't live in our world. >> nbc's vaughn hillyard now joins me from colorado. vaughn, we heard the president say he can relate to what these people are going through and that their apartment owners