[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 138 (Monday, October 7, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H6325-H6326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
IT IS NOT TIME TO FIGHT
(Ms. BONAMICI asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute.)
Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, today is day 7 of an unnecessary and
harmful government shutdown that is hurting millions of Americans.
Speaker Boehner called it an ``epic battle.''
Hundreds of thousands are out of work, Federal contractors aren't
getting paid, small businesses aren't getting loans, home purchases are
on hold, nutrition programs are at risk, and Speaker Boehner has said,
``It is time for us to stand and fight.''
With all due respect, Mr. Speaker, this is the U.S. House of
Representatives; it is not a battlefield. It is not time for us to
fight; it is time for us to vote. Our constituents sent us here to get
things done, to work together.
It is not time to fight; it is time to reopen the Federal Government.
It is not time to fight; it is time to raise the debt ceiling and pay
our bills. It is not time to fight; it is time to get the budget
conference committee to work, something we have been asking for for
months.
We can do it today, Mr. Speaker. It is not time to fight; it is time
to vote. It
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is not a surrender; it is a solution. It is not time to fight; it is
time to vote.
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