[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 129 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5843-H5844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, it is time to put an end to the political 
stagecraft and the gridlock that's come to characterize this Chamber. 
It is time for a little common sense, some collaboration, and some 
compromise.
  Two hundred and thirty-eight years ago, the Founders of our great 
Nation risked their lives to establish this government. Imagine their 
reaction today as this body contemplates actions that would shut it 
down.
  I'm a business guy of 32 years. I've tried a lot of ways to fix 
problems over the years, but shutting down the store has never been one 
of them.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a game. This is real life to the kids on 
Head Start, to the National Guard and the men and women in our Armed 
Forces being furloughed, to the seniors, to the students, the families 
struggling to get by, and to the millions of hardworking public 
servants who go to work every day on our behalf.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to put an end to this folly, pass a clean 
continuing resolution funding our government, and then get to work 
balancing our budget, ending the sequester, rebuilding America, 
rebuilding the middle class, and putting America back to work.

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