[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6068]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE PLOT CONTINUES

  (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, almost before we finished our vote on the 
floor of the House calling for a conference committee to address 
concerns and try to face each other eye-to-eye, House-Senate, to come 
up with a solution, the phone lines were ringing and a robocall was 
sent out: while you were sleeping, your Member shut down the 
government.
  This morning, I went to check and see how much further this plan had 
gone on, that purely said what was done for the last 2 weeks was 
political, to shut down the government, designed by the Senate Democrat 
leadership and the President of our United States.
  I went to E-Verify. This is a computer program. E-Verify is 
unavailable due to the Federal Government shutdown. It's a computer.
  The Panda Cam at the zoo was shut down. That's a camera. It's not a 
Federal employee.
  Mr. Speaker, we offered fairness for the people of the United States, 
an option to make sure that we lived under the same plan that they do. 
The Senate rejected it.
  We offered a compromise to go, simply, to a conference committee and 
discuss a plan of a way forward. It was rejected.
  The plot continues. Political, not policy, not for the good of this 
country.

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