[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]




                       LET'S GET OUR ACT TOGETHER

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reiterate again that the 
bodies have agreed on the general numbers that we have to look at to 
deal with our budget. We need to do it. We need to get it done, and we 
need to get people back to work here in the United States of America.
  The one thing that shocked me, Mr. Speaker, is last Saturday, I went 
with my colleague Steve King to The Mall because we wanted to open up 
the World War II Memorial, the Korean Memorial, and the Vietnam 
Memorial so that our veterans and the American people could visit them.
  We were absolutely shocked to find the level of intimidation that was 
going on. Police dogs were held by park rangers, and mounted police 
were in front of the barriers in front of these monuments. That's 
shameful.
  What was even more shameful is that there were 90-year-old people in 
90-degree weather, and the park system had shut down not only the water 
fountain but also the bathrooms. We had 10 Honor Flights coming in to 
visit the World War II Memorial, and in one of the most undignified 
acts I've ever seen, the Greatest Generation was denied access to a 
public bathroom in the national park.
  That's terrible. We wouldn't do that to anyone. That's why we need to 
get our act together and get this taken care of.

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