LAKEWOOD, Colo. — It's been six weeks of uncertainty for federal employees around the country and across the Denver metro.

As the nation's longest government shutdown came to an end Wednesday night , Denver7 spoke with two federal employees to get their reaction about the disruption to the country. Both have been working throughout the 43-day shutdown.

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Alex Creese is a claim specialist at the Social Security Administration's field office in Aurora.

He is a steward for American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing federal workers nationwide and in Colorado.

"I'm just so glad that [the shutdown] is coming to an end, because so many

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