[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]




            BRING A CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO THE FLOOR

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, our democracy is supposed to be the example 
for the world. But the example we have set with this Republican 
government shutdown is beyond shameful.
  Some of my Republican colleagues are actually celebrating this 
shutdown, saying: ``This is exactly what they wanted.'' Who are they 
listening to? It certainly isn't the American people.
  I fear the survivors of Hurricane Sandy, who have lost everything, 
will be left without the relief they need. That the 31,000 Federal 
workers in New Jersey on furlough will wonder how they will make ends 
meet. I worry about the veterans who have fought for this country but 
have come home to broken promises. And the more than 9 million women, 
infants, and children who will be cut from WIC, the nutritional 
assistance they need to survive.
  We cannot choose winners and losers in this fight. I urge my 
Republican colleagues to act responsibly. Bring a clean CR to the floor 
and let's start working for the American people again, because they 
shouldn't have to suffer for the Republicans' inability to govern any 
longer.

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