[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 145 (Monday, October 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1507]
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 IN OPPOSITION TO THE REPUBLICAN PIECEMEAL BILLS TO FUND THE GOVERNMENT

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                         HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 14, 2013

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I continue to oppose the Republican 
piecemeal bills to fund the government. While I support funding the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the 
Indian Health Service (IHS), the bill provides less than 50% of the 
funding that Tribes receive from the Federal Government. Native 
American tribes and families will not have services restored for the 
USDA's Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, HUD's Native 
American Housing Block Grant, law enforcement programs under the 
Violence Against Women Act, and other critical education and 
environmental programs across the government that this legislation does 
not fund. I continue to stand ready to vote for a clean continuing 
resolution to end the Republican Shutdown and fund the entire Federal 
Government.

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