[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NO WAY TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I stand here at a time we should be 
celebrating the many freedoms bestowed upon us, but I am here in the 
midst of some Republicans crippling us.
  It is fatal for the Congress to overlook the urgency of the moment 
and to underestimate the desires of the American people who want the 
doors of government open, ending the whirlwinds of piecemeal, cherry-
picking funding.
  Paraphrasing Martin Luther King: When the architects of our Republic 
wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of 
Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every 
American was to fall heir.
  Instead, citizens are sitting at home, waiting for Congress to open 
the doors of government because bills are due, mortgage payments, rent, 
car loans, services are needed. So I request the Republican leadership 
to end this debate, because the American people are asking Congress to 
let them get back to work so they can cash their checks.
  Mr. Speaker, this is no way to run the government.

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