[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 9, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                HONORING THE FAMILIES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Standard and Poor's, Mr. Speaker, indicates that the 
wealth of American families has grown three times since President Obama 
has taken office. But here comes the government shutdown, the 
Republican government shutdown.
  Yesterday I rose to the floor of the House to mourn the fact that we 
lost five brave young men and a young woman over the weekend in 
Afghanistan doing their duty. I wrote to the Secretary of Defense to 
direct him and ask him to immediately pay those moneys for the memorial 
services and other dollars to their families.
  We all are concerned, but there comes the government shutdown, a 
shutdown because of something totally unrelated, the Affordable Care 
Act. Never during the time of Speaker Pelosi did we have a government 
shutdown. So, today, we will come together, as Republicans and 
Democrats, mourning the loss of those soldiers and having H.J. Res. 91.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that every single Member be 
counted as an original cosponsor of this bill to pay those families 
that are now mourning and that we never, ever again, never, ever again 
say ``no'' to our families who have seen their young men and women fall 
on the battleground.
  We don't have to do this but here comes a government shutdown. Let us 
all join on this bill. Let us be cosponsors. I ask the leaders of this 
bill to put every single Member on this bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair cannot entertain that unanimous-
consent request. Cosponsors may be added by the sponsor in the normal, 
proper format.

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