Hanging in the balance on what we do here on capitol hill and with white house. Three weeks from now i hope to be joining you in the passage with you and your families in your communitys of a major which will strengthen america and give you an opportunity to be part of our future. President , i yield. First, let me tell you how pleased i am to the people of maryland that we are now in the process of ending this government shutdown. Government shutdown does not benefit any and certainly does not benefit the federal workers who live in maryland and workers around the nation. The uncertainty that is a time brings and those that are exempted or have to work without knowing when to get a paycheck from those that are on furlough and dont know whether theyll ever get a projector not it is not in the interest of our federal workforce and certainly not an interest of Government Contractors who depend upon contracts would been on suspension and not in the interest of the a public as it depends o
Thats what makes trenton special. That makes the city great. We are going to head off to the corner and make a left. Just while we are walking right here [inaudible] it was built in 1758. Its the only up with thats still in existence. What is it used for now . Now its a museum, its a great museum, reenactments in the front yard including they have musket fire. [laughter] if youre not used to it it can be cause for concern. My office is right across the street so we hear it all of the time. This is west eighth street. We are approaching the state house in new jersey, state house right there. Theyre doing restoration and thats why windows are blocked up. The front is from the 1880s, 1890s but the oldest part is from 1792, second oldest state house thats still in use. Really beautiful old houses up here and houses built by one of the robling family, the ferdinand mansion there. I was going to head left and drive along the river. Was the river important to trenton initially . Yeah, absolut