[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 147 (Wednesday, October 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, the time is long overdue for us to put an end 
to this government shutdown and the tremendously harmful effects it has 
had on the people in our great Nation.
  We need to get behind the Senate's reasonable, bipartisan plan that 
has been put together to open up our government, pay our bills, and put 
an end to this shutdown.
  Failure, by the way, means that 5 million disabled veterans won't 
receive their benefits in November. Failure means that 10 million 
Americans won't receive their Social Security checks on October 23, and 
26 million more people will not get their Social Security checks on 
November 1. Failure means $36,000 in additional interest on an average 
home loan and an additional $1,000 on an average student loan. Failure 
means hundreds of thousands of public employees won't get paid, with 
the businesses and the jobs and the people they serve being at enormous 
risk.
  Mr. Speaker, the simple truth is that we need to end this government 
shutdown and stop the harm and damage it is causing.

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