[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 132 (Monday, September 30, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6014]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, instead of working with Democrats to 
prevent a shutdown, House Republicans have passed two bills that have 
no chance of becoming law. They are the 42nd and 43rd votes on 
undermining the Affordable Care Act.
  While the old saying goes, ``if at first you don't succeed, try, try 
again,'' I say to my colleagues across the aisle: stop trying to shut 
down the Government of the United States of America.
  Democrats have offered a compromise in which Republicans get the 
spending levels they want. It is time to stop pandering to the Tea 
Party and to do what is right--pass the Senate compromise and avoid a 
shutdown driven solely by radical Republicans.

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