>> we're struggling. it's difficult. we're making due until something passes. >> describe the reality of what that feels like to people who haven't been through it yet and hopefully will not. >> it's unnerving, unsettling. you don't know what's going to happen. when the next month comes along. you may be all right for the first month but what about the second month? and everyone that is in this situation, people that i know, are concerned. >> congressman, what do you say to people like lashawn struggling to find a job and make ends meet? >> well, it is the same thing, melissa, we have been saying on the floor of the house. since mid december. la shawn -- by the way, i'm coming to you from downtown philadelphia and rabid eagles fans, la shawn and we love people named la shawn. >> thank you. >> but december 28th, melissa,