house. i don't have a car. i don't have the credit that i've worked hard to establish. i just don't know. and that's a scary thought, not being in control of my own destiny when i put things in my life to have control. >> message to congress, anything to say to people in washington? it's discouraging. >> it's very discouraging. i would like congress to know that as we approach, you know, going on a week of the shutdown, the american people want to work. i represent -- i'm the union rep for the atlantic district office of the american federation of american employees. we want to eradicate discrimination in the workplace. we can't do that if we're shut down. we want to pay our bills on time. we already lost five days with the previous furlough. our paychecks were late for four days. you know, with the loom of the debt ceiling we don't know. >> you want to work. >> we want to work, bottom line.