[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 130 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I wish to thank all my Republican 
colleagues and, of course, Democratic colleagues who acted responsibly 
today to prevent a government shutdown. House Republicans should follow 
the example set by Republicans in the Senate.
  I want everyone to listen and to hear. The Senate has acted. This is 
the only legislation that can avert a government shutdown and that time 
is ticking as we speak. The Senate will be back in session on Monday. 
In the meantime, if Speaker Boehner wants to avoid a government 
shutdown, he will pass our resolution; otherwise, it is a government 
shutdown.
  The President just spoke on national TV outlining how bad that would 
be. We have said it on the floor, but it doesn't have the power of the 
President telling everyone how bad it will be, and it will be very, 
very negative for our economy and for the American people in general.
  House Republicans should think long and hard about what is at stake 
and who would be hurt by a government shutdown. Each of us, all 535 
Members of Congress, were elected by the American people to serve them, 
and the American people deserve better than a government that lurches 
from crisis to crisis caused by a handful of people. American families 
deserve a government that works for them, not against them.

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