[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 8, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HOUSE PASSES 10TH BIPARTISAN FUNDING BILL

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, weeks ago, the 
administration reached out to Capitol Hill to continue budget 
negotiations. According to the National Journal:

       Majority Leader Reid's office had a message for them: don't 
     do it. The White House listened. The summit was nixed. And no 
     serious talks have occurred since.
       As the government shutdown stretches into its second week, 
     the White House has embraced Reid's hard-line, no-
     negotiations stance--at least so far.

  Unfortunately, hard-liner, non-negotiable posturing seems to be all 
the Senate Majority Leader knows.
  Today, the House passed the Head Start for Low-Income Children Act, 
the 10th bipartisan stopgap funding bill to pass the House since the 
Federal shutdown began. The program remains a priority of the 
President; yet the White House just announced a veto threat on the 
bill--without a doubt, at the Senate Majority Leader's request. If this 
isn't a purely political move, I don't know what is.
  I urge the Senate and the President to join 57 of my Democrat 
colleagues who are supporting the solutions being put forth by the 
House. The American people deserve as much.

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