[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         FIGHTING FOR FAIRNESS

  (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve better. 
The American people deserve better than a Federal Government that is 
largely shut down--services curtailed, employees furloughed. They 
deserve better than a President who says he will not negotiate and a 
Senate that apparently cannot negotiate.
  Mr. Speaker, the House has sent multiple continuing resolutions to 
the Senate to fund government operations through mid-December. The 
Senate dismissed each one, including our request to establish a House-
Senate conference committee to engage in dialogue to discuss our 
differences and, yes, to work toward solutions. After all, compromise 
should not be a four-letter word here in Washington. But the President 
won't negotiate and the Senate won't talk.
  To paraphrase a recent military leader: Tell me how this ends.
  Until they come around, we must all remain committed to ending this 
government shutdown and for fighting for fairness in the President's 
new health care law.

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