they believe what they believed and still come to an agreement to help us pay our bills, make our government work and now it s such posturing and acting out that they re not doing what they were elected to do. a frustrated d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton addressed congress about the impending shutdown. we ask you if you shut down the federal government, for goodness sake, don t shut down one of america s big cities and a city on which you depend greatly. many of you live here. many of the services of the federal government are taken care of by the district of columbia. this is not something you want to do to the nation s capital. it makes us look idiotic. city leaders say emergency services like police and fire won t be affected. i think many of the services that are related to public safety and emergency services will continue and many of the services that where we serve senior citizens and healthcare services will continue. but trash service is another story