[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 136 (Friday, October 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE, AND THE PRESIDENT MUST SIT 
                             DOWN AND TALK

  (Mr. FORTENBERRY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, we can continue to march ourselves down 
here and throw barbs and insults at one another while watching our 
meager approval rating fall from 10 percent to perhaps 5 percent. We 
can continue to do that. Or maybe we can re-frame this whole discussion 
and agree to something--that we should keep working steadily to get 
this government back running while also working on the right type of 
policy reform, tax reform, and spending reform that could restore 
America's greatness.
  Now, in the midst of this difficulty, and seemingly with no way out, 
this could actually be an historic moment. But it will take the House 
of Representatives and the President of the United States and the 
United States Senate talking to one another. That conversation must 
begin now.

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