[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 136 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, here we are on day 4 of a government shutdown 
that should never have happened.
  I'm deeply disappointed that my Republican colleagues have decided 
that their obsession with repealing the Affordable Care Act is more 
important than the rest of the country, more important than 800,000 
government workers going without a paycheck, more important than 
children and families of less means going without the nutritional 
support they rely on, more important than providing cancer victims and 
survivors with the reassurance that this government is continuing with 
critical research to find a cure for cancer.
  Why are they letting this shutdown drag on when it could be over 
today? How much longer do the American people have to suffer?
  I urge my colleagues to turn this ship around right now and give us a 
bill that will fund all of the government without any strings attached, 
that restores critical services to our seniors, to our veterans, and to 
our families. Enough already.

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