[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 9, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           VOTE ON A CLEAN CR

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I stand here on behalf of my Arizona 
district to once again make a simple request: allow a vote on a clean 
funding bill to reopen the government.
  In the past week, House GOP leaders only allowed piecemeal votes on 
bills that went nowhere. Yesterday, they did it again. This time, they 
did it with Head Start funding, which is important for the 12 Native 
American tribes in my district. Schools on tribal lands have already 
taken a massive hit with sequestration cuts.
  The shutdown is continuing this pain, not just with cuts to Head 
Start and impact aid, but with furloughs from the Indian Health Service 
and with cuts in funding for programs that protect women from violence.
  These piecemeal games are a dead end. They only prolong the shutdown. 
If House leadership were genuinely concerned about programs like Head 
Start or Impact Aid, they would allow a vote to reopen the government.
  Congress should stop picking winners and losers. This is not a game. 
We demand a vote on the budget.

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