DES MOINES, Iowa -- Next week, Perlla Deluca, the owner of Southeast Constructors in Des Moines, will head to DC alongside 9,999 other small business owners to talk to lawmakers about ending the government shutdown.

Southeast Constructors works on federal construction contracts which have been paused by the government shutdown. Deluca said that the shutdown, which is in week four and likely to continue for several more days, casts uncertainty over her businesses future.

"What happened with the shutdown, a lot of our contracts are paused some are not paused but they are delayed. Delays on meetings, delays on payments, and it is affecting us not only financially, but also the uncertainty. Not knowing that we'd let our guys go, do we keep our guys for the next project?" Deluca said.

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