[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]




                            SHUTDOWN ISSUES

  (Mr. POSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, most people are surprised and actually 
stunned and amazed to discover that the Senate and the House have 
agreed--at least for the next 5 weeks--on a level of funding.
  This is not an argument about money. This shutdown is not about 
money. There are only two issues stopping the shutdown from coming to 
an end right this second. The President was on television yesterday, 
for over an hour, and never mentioned those two issues.
  We've agreed on the money. Here are the issues:
  Make Congress and the White House obey the same ObamaCare rules as 
everybody else in the United States of America.
  The President gave Big Business and special interests a 1-year break 
from being a part of ObamaCare.
  We want America's workers and families who work hard and play by the 
rules to have the same advantage. That's what Republicans, Democrats, 
and Independents in my district say they want.
  To give special benefits only to Big Business and special interests 
is not fair, it's not right, and it's not good for the United States of 
America.

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