[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 129 (Thursday, September 26, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5844-H5845]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, compromise is a way 
of life in public policy. My way or

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no way is the mindset of a 5-year-old, not the leading legislative body 
of the Western World.
  This is a direct quote, Mr. Speaker, and I know it's accurate because 
it's from me over a decade ago. I was in Congress for the shutdowns of 
the Federal Government in 1995. They were as disastrous as they were 
unnecessary--a national disgrace. Today's funding debate is equally 
shameful.
  Holding government funding hostage, and potentially following up with 
an act of blackmail over the debt limit is irresponsible and 
indifferent to the needs of millions across our country, particularly 
the military.
  This debate is another manufactured crisis--a willful, needless, 
self-inflicted wound--that will have terrible effects on our economy, 
our fiscal outlook, and the American pocketbooks.
  The Congress of the United States should never, ever bow down before 
the rigid dictates of a handful of ideological extremists. We should do 
what is right for the people of our country and pass a clean budget 
now.

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