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He didn\u2019t just hurt 800,000 federal workers, he hurt communities, children, people, businesses,\u201d Ben Toyama, an employee at Pearl Harbor Navy Ship Yard and financial secretary for the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers\u2019 Local 121, told Federal Times at a reception hosted by IFPTE hours before Trump\u2019s address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matthew Biggs, secretary-treasurer and legislative director for IFPTE, said that a central concern for the State of the Union address would be whether Trump would be willing to compromise on wall construction in order to guarantee the government stays open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re just hopeful and really praying that the government doesn\u2019t shut down again. 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