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We were set to the start the process to start hiring again this week. we're not going to be able to do that. so the hiring freeze from the sequester cuts roll right into the shutdown and we don't have anybody in the pipeline to replace the 3,000 air traffic controllers eligible to retire right now out of 12,000. that is a lot of numbers. >> are there safety issues? >> every day that this continues, it starts to tear away at the margins of safety we have in place. it's not just the air traffic controllers that make the air space safe. it's everybody with them as a team. so day after day, those ...

So we can all produce energy more safely. our commitment has never been stronger. the government may be shutting down, but eventually members of congress will have to reach an agreement over how to fund it, an agreement that's likely to include billions of dollars in indiscriminate spending cuts known as the sequester, which by the way, republicans should see as a victory. when the sequestration cuts went into place in march, the idea was that they would be so objectionable congress would negotiate a deal to replace them during the budget fight. even before republicans decided to hold the go...

Tenten ten tenny -- steny hoyer said, discussing how we got here and how balanced the offer was on the table. what compromise are we talking about? we are taking your number. your number. and you will not take yes for an answer. how sad. what a shameful day this its in the history of the house of representatives. >> e.j., what he is talking about there -- the fact that the proposal on the table, the clean cr, funding the government still would continue those republican desired sequester cuts. >> well, no that's exactly right. i mean all this talk of let's have negotiations and compromise. demo...

Mistake the pain has been real. the sequester has meant 57,000 fewer poor children can participate in head start. in fremont, nebraska, for example, where 40 children are already on the waiting list, head start classrooms will have to cut 15 students and one teacher. the sequester has meant that up to 140,000 low-income families and individuals could lose their housing assistance, like a houston area school bus driver who can no longer afford to rent her apartment. the sequester has meant that meals on wheels programs have cut an average of 364 meals a week for senior citizens. it has forced t...

Requirement that middle class working americans have to dig into their pocket and buy insurance they don't want or their don't need. >> all you're saying is that we want you to delay what is already law and we will only fund it if you don't do it. congressman, that is blackmail. i don't care how you cut it. but at least you're going to put your check up. and i'm going to be watching. i promise. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you for your time tonight. and i hope ted cruz heard your admonition. i'd like to bring in joan walsh. joan, you heard that. they just refused to quit. >> that was unbelievab...