[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 172 (Tuesday, January 1, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H7520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 MOVING FORWARD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. MEEKS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEEKS. Today we have an option. We are confronted with a bill 
that we can vote for or vote against. We can allow us to go over the 
ceiling, or we can try to come together and pass something that 
probably on both sides of the aisle no one agrees with 100 percent. It 
seems to me, while I have long advocated for a big deal so we don't 
have to continue fighting in regards to the debt ceiling or 
sequestration, that we've got to make sure, though, that we do 
something. And this bill that will come to the floor today I will vote 
for with many a thing in the bill that I don't like. But I'm sure from 
listening to some of my colleagues, there are many things in the bill 
that they don't like.
  Generally, I find that when both sides don't like something, then 
maybe we are moving into the right direction and maybe we are moving 
forward in a positive way for the American people. So I come to the 
floor saying I'm not fully satisfied, but it's all right because I 
think we have to move forward and do the best that we can for the 
American people.

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