--- description: George W. Bush made his feelings on the government shutdown known Friday with hand-delivered pizza to his secret service personnel. title: George W. Bush Calls for an End to the Government Shutdown With a Secret Service Pizza Delivery image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994dcb2c379125a/698943a616d88433d9c34762/img_3806.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [government shutdown](/tag/government-shutdown/) ## government shutdown Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # George W. Bush Calls for an End to Government Shutdown With a Secret Service Pizza Delivery ## Video: Federal Workers and Contractors Talking About How the Government Shutdown Has Impacted Their Lives [Watch (HLS stream): Federal Workers and Contractors Talking About How the Government Shutdown Has Impacted Their Lives](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dkUkmxaQ.m3u8) (1:54)  _Published 2019-01-05. Federal workers and contractors talk about how the partial government shutdown has impacted their lives as the shutdown goes into the third week._ by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 19, 2019 5:08 PM CUT  Former president George W. Bush hands pizza to his secret service personnel. Former president George W. Bush hands pizza to his secret service personnel.Photo Courtesy Instagram by [Gina Martinez](/author/gina-martinez/) ## Gina Martinez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 19, 2019 5:08 PM CUT Former President George W. Bush made his feelings on the partial government shutdown known Friday with hand-delivered pizza to his secret service personnel as they continue to work without pay. Bush’s Instagram account posted an image of him carrying pizza boxes to secret service agents and expressed his and former first Lady Laura Bush’s appreciation for the agents and other federal employees. ″@LauraWBush and I are grateful to our Secret Service personnel and the thousands of federal employees who are working hard for our country without a paycheck,” he posted. “And we thank our fellow citizens who are supporting them.” Now in its 28th day, the shutdown is the l[ongest in U.S history.](http://time.com/5499397/shutdown-longest-history/ "undefined") Bush also urged politicians to come together to put an end to the shutdown. “It’s time for leaders on both sides to put politics aside, come together and end this shutdown.” he posted. The partial government shutdown began on Dec. 22, after Democrats refused to fulfill President Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump is expected to make an announcement on Saturday afternoon regarding the shutdown. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5507825/george-w-bush-pizza-shutdown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5507825/george-w-bush-pizza-shutdown/"},"headline":"George W. Bush Calls for an End to Government Shutdown With a Secret Service Pizza Delivery","datePublished":"2019-01-19T17:08:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T22:32:58.767Z","description":"“It’s time for leaders on both sides to put politics aside, come together, and end this shutdown\"","url":"https://time.com/5507825/george-w-bush-pizza-shutdown/","keywords":["government shutdown","George W. Bush","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994dcb2c379125a/698943a616d88433d9c34762/img_3806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gina Martinez","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/gina-martinez/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0994dcb2c379125a/698943a616d88433d9c34762/img_3806.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bush","caption":"Former president George W. Bush hands pizza to his secret service personnel.","creditText":"Photo Courtesy Instagram","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/government-shutdown/","name":"government shutdown"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5507825/george-w-bush-pizza-shutdown/","name":"George W. Bush Calls for an End to Government Shutdown With a Secret Service Pizza Delivery"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Federal Workers and Contractors Talking About How the Government Shutdown Has Impacted Their Lives","description":"Federal workers and contractors talk about how the partial government shutdown has impacted their lives as the shutdown goes into the third week.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dkUkmxaQ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-01-05T17:42:24.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dkUkmxaQ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5507825/george-w-bush-pizza-shutdown/","duration":"PT1M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5507825/george-w-bush-pizza-shutdown/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```