Two Democratic representatives from the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday delivered to the White House trash they picked up from national parks as they urged President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE to end the partial government shutdown.

California Reps. Jackie Speier Karen (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies House to vote on 'I Am Vanessa Guillén' bill Overnight Defense: Trump's battle with Pentagon poses risks in November | Lawmakers launch Fort Hood probe | Military members can't opt out of tax deferral MORE and Jared Huffman Jared William HuffmanOVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' COVID-19 complicates California's record-setting wildfire season Congress should investigate OAS actions in Bolivia MORE carried bins labeled "Trump Trash" to the front gates of the White House. They collected the garbage last week from parks at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is managed by the National Park Service, one of the government agencies whose current funding has been allowed to lapse.

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In front of the White House on Tuesday, Speier said the government shutdown has left the country with "a real problem on our hands."

“Mr. Trump, here’s your trash," she said. "We did the work of some of your employees at the National Park Service, who by the way, in our area, have a hard time making it because it’s such a high-cost area. … We have a real problem on our hands.”

Most national parks have remained open to visitors during the government shutdown, but maintenance for the parks has been suspended. That has resulted in reports of trash piling up at parks across the country.

The White House itself — as well as the land in front of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where Speier and Huffman delivered the trash — is also administered by the National Park Service.

The shutdown, which is currently in its 18th day, was sparked when Trump refused to sign a government spending bill that didn't include at least $5 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border.

Trump is set to give a prime-time address on Tuesday to speak on the border and the government shutdown.

Huffman on Tuesday called Trump's speech to the nation unnecessary and joked that there may soon be enough trash in national parks to "build a wall."

"We don’t need a nationally televised address from the White House to solve this problem tonight," Huffman said. "What we need is for President Trump to wake up and smell the coffee cups and the diapers and the burrito wrappers and the trash that is piling up. Soon we’ll have enough of it to build a wall, perhaps.”

Huffman also said Tuesday that he hoped that he and Speier could provide a "reality check" to Trump by delivering the trash.

"Let it never be said that I didn’t give anything to Donald Trump," he said. "Because today I am bringing boxes of trash … to provide a reality check to the president so that he understands that his political stunt in shutting down the government over the border wall has real-world consequences."