今天早些時候，美國眾議院議長佩洛西在推特上寫道，我寫了一封信給特朗普總統，建議推遲發表國情諮文，內容如下：
The President
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue ,Northwest
Washington ,D.C.20500
Dear Mr.President:
On January 3rd,it was my privilege as Speaker to invite you to deliver the State of the Union address on January 29th ,The Constitution calls for the President to "from time· to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union."During the 19th Century and up until the presidency of Woodrow Wilson,these annual State of the Union messages were delivered to Congress in writing.And since the start of modern budgeting in Fiscal Year 1977,a State of the Union address has never been delivered during a government shutdown.
In September 2018, Secretary Nielsen designated State of the Union Addresses as National Special Security Events(NSSEs),recognizing the need for "the full resources of the Federal Government to be brought to bear" to ensure the security for these events.The extraordinary demands presented by NSSEs require weeks of detailed planning with dozens of agencies working together to prepare for the safety of all participants.
The U.S Secret Service was designated as the lead federal agency responsible for coordinating,planning,exercising,and implementing security for National Special Events by Public Law 106-544, December 19,2000. However, both the U.S .Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security have not been funded for 26 days now-with critical departments hamstrung by furloughs.
Sadly ,given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering you State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
NANCY PELOSI
Speaker of the House
白宮
賓夕法尼亞大道1600號，西北
華盛頓D.C.20500
親愛的總統先生:
1月3日，我很榮幸作為議長邀請您在1月29日發表國情諮文，憲法要求總統“不定時向國會提供國情諮文的信息”。在19世紀和伍德羅·威爾遜(Woodrow Wilson)擔任總統之前，這些每年一度的國情諮文以書面形式提交給國會。自1977財政年度開始編制現代預算以來，在政府關門期間從未發表過國情諮文。
2018年9月，尼爾森部長將國情諮文指定為國家特殊安全事件(NSSEs)，認識到需要“動用聯邦政府的全部資源”來確保這些事件的安全。NSSEs提出的特別要求需要數週的詳細計劃，數十個機構共同工作，為所有參與者的安全做好準備。
根據2000年12月19日第106-544號公法，美國特勤局被指定為負責協調、計劃、執行和實施國家特殊事件安全的主要聯邦機構。然而，美國特勤局(secret Service)和國土安全部(Department of Homeland Security)已經有26天沒有得到資金支持，關鍵部門因休假而陷於癱瘓。
遺憾的是，考慮到安全問題，除非政府本週重新開放，否則我建議我們共同努力，在政府重新開放後確定另一個合適的日期，或者考慮在1月29日向國會提交你的國情諮文。
感謝您對此事的關注。
誠摯
南希·佩洛西
眾議院議長
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