Chris Reimers, a TSA officer who has been working at the Honolulu airport the past month without pay, was cautiously optimistic about the government reopening for three weeks.

President Trump on Friday signed a bill to temporarily reopen the government until Feb. 15, ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history, while continuing negotiations over the money he wants for his border wall. Friday was the 35th day of the partial government shutdown.

“It’s kind of a relief, but not really,” said Reimers, a TSA officer of 16 years. “It’s kind of scary that we went this long, and there’a a lot of damage to the families in terms of health care, paying the bills. … I hope this is not just a temporary Band-Aid fix.”

He, along with other TSA workers, missed another paycheck Friday and had not yet heard how soon they would be paid. He was among an estimated 2,700 federal workers in Hawaii who were either furloughed or required to work without pay during the shutdown.

On Thursday, Reimers saw many of his colleagues at the Hawaii Foodbank, which is distributing food to government workers struggling to make ends meet. One had resigned, he said. Others were thinking about it.

Having been through at least two previous shutdowns, which were much shorter, he wonders whether this is going to happen every time government leaders fail to agree with one another. He would like Congress to pass a bill ensuring essential workers will not be held hostage again.

Nationally, the TSA on Thursday experienced a national rate of 7.6 percent of unscheduled absences compared with 3 percent on the same weekday a year ago. Honolulu airport’s maximum standard TSA wait time also slipped to 25 minutes on Thursday, compared to 16 minutes on Tuesday.

Nathan Becker, a scientist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center at Ford Island who had also been working without pay, was relieved to hear the news Friday but remained wary.

“It kicks the can down the road,” said Becker, regional chairman for the National Weather Service Employees Organization.

Based on experience with previous shutdowns, Becker said he expects to get paid for the last month, and possibly get another check before the next deadline.

“But if we have to do this all over again, we’re back to where we were yesterday,” he said.

With government reopening, the center can once again take care of a backlog of work without restrictions, travel to scientific conferences and continue to conduct training, outreach and education. The center has six vacancies out of its 16 positions, and may now be able to bring an extra worker on board.

But he sees the deal as “basically a Band-Aid until we get a permanent fix,” which makes any long-term planning difficult.

“We are glad to see a measure of sanity returning to the folks in Washington, D.C., and hope that this temporary reprieve results in a resolution of the budget,” said AFL-CIO President Randy Perreira in a statement. “We should all be proud of the dedication and loyalty shown by our federal workers who continued to do their jobs in service to our country despite not getting paid. Since we expect that the detrimental effects of the shutdown will linger, the Hawaii State AFL-CIO through its local unions and community partners will continue our food distributions for affected federal workers statewide.”

The Pacific Historic Parks welcomed the news after weeks of securing donations to keep the USS Arizona Memorial, Oahu’s top visitor attraction, open during the shutdown.

On Thursday, PHP President and CEO Aileen Utterdyke had announced that enough funding from Hawaii’s tourism industry and general public was secured to keep the USS Arizona Memorial open until Feb. 8. Beyond then the organization would have needed more funding.

“We’re happy federal workers are going to get some relief and get back to work,” said Utterdyke. “We’re still a little nervous because it’s temporary.”

With government reopening, the donated funds can be saved in case they are needed after Feb 15.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz called on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to immediately provide back pay to 800,000 federal workers.