[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 137 (Saturday, October 5, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. BARTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, we're seeing an interesting dialogue today 
in the 1-minutes.
  Last week, House Republicans brought to the floor a bill before the 
shutdown to pay our military. Both sides totally supported that, the 
Senate accepted it, and the President signed the bill. So that's law.
  Early this week, after the shutdown occurred, House Republicans 
brought to the floor to fund the Veterans Administration, to fund 
National Institutes of Health research, to fund and open our national 
parks. My friends on the other side of the aisle--most of them, not 
all--voted ``no'' against that and called it a gimmick.
  Today we brought a bill to the floor, the House Republicans, once the 
shutdown is over, to pay furloughed workers. Again, on that one today, 
both sides embraced it and said it's a good thing. Now my friends on 
the Democratic side are getting up and arguing against themselves.
  We want to open the government. We want to end this. But we want to 
keep as much of the government functioning while we do it.

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