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#HappyNewYear from our family. Mahalo, for your support and friendship. May 2019 bring you peace, good health, happiness and prosperity!

Please drive safe and monitor the #HIwxhttps://twitter.com/NWSHonolulu/status/1078783442924515334 …

Federal employees – including law enforcement, TSA screeners, Forest Service firefighters, food safety inspectors, and others – are forced to go without pay during the holidays as a result of the #TrumpShutdown. Retweet to call on @HouseGOP & @RealDonaldTrump to reopen the govt.

Who is forced to work without pay during the #TrumpShutdown? Americans working at @StateDept, @USDA, @Interior, @USTreasury, @TheJusticeDept, @CommerceGov, @DHSgov, @USDOT, @HUDgov, @EPA, @NASA, @PeaceCorps, @SBAGov and other agencies. RT if you agree that's unacceptable.

Our federal workers do not deserve furloughs, pay delays and uncertainty at the end of the year. They work too hard serving our country to be put in this position. Trump and his supporters must end the #TrumpShutdown immediately.https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1077740783376261121 …

#MerryChristmas Please have a safe and fun Holiday! Wishing you and your family well!

The only adult in the room stepping down would have been more negative if Trump didn’t engage in his art of deflection. This is no way to say thank you to our dedicated federal workforce. Americans deserve much better from the office of the President.

We reached an agreement on the final package of spending bills only to have Trump shut it down after Freedom Caucus members pushed him. A lot of this is part of Trump’s efforts to change the narrative after Secretary Mattis’ stunning resignation.

What is most upsetting is that Congress did its job. For the first time in about a decade, through the regular order, we finished significant portions of the appropriations process in bipartisan fashion.

Our farmers, already reeling from historic wet weather in the islands, won't have access to county service offices or federal aid. Small business loans won't be issued. Thankfully, our DOD workforce in the islands was previously funded through the current fiscal year.

In Hawaii, where we are dependent on our visitor industry to drive our economy, our National Parks will be forced to shutter operations during one of their busiest seasons.

The 'law and order' President just assured that 41,000 federal law enforcement and correctional officers, including 13,709 FBI agents, 4,399 DEA agents, and 16,742 Bureau of Prisons correctional officers will lose money before Christmas.

Ironically, by shutting down the government, he is ensuring that nearly 107,000 Customs and Border Protection agents and Transportation Security Administration workers will be forced to defend our borders with the added stress of an immediate loss in pay.

He chooses the Christmas season to pander to his base and shutdown the government because Congress refuses to pay nearly $6 billion for a wall along the southern border that is nothing more than a political talking point for his next campaign.

It is unfortunate that in the midst of the Holiday season President Trump is forcing more than 420,000 federal workers to continue on the job without pay. Hopefully, after quick reflection, the President and his enablers re-think this approach to funding the government.

.@realDonaldTrump has (once again) brought us close to failing to fund the government. Americans need us to act responsibly. Congress reached a bipartisan compromise before Trump decided to pander to his base. Do your job @POTUS Keep the government running. #TrumpShutdown

I have always respected General Mattis for his four decades of service to our country and his commitment to reigning in the ridiculous defense policies pushed by @realDonaldTrump and his @GOP. He was one of the few adults allowed in Trump’s room. We wish him the best.https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/1075885816113704961 …