[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 149 (Wednesday, October 23, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 A BALANCED AND REASONABLE FISCAL PLAN

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, the President was right last 
week when he said that nobody won after last week's political 
spectacle--instead, it was America that lost--but I am glad that we 
finally came together and reopened the government.
  If we had followed the Republican plan, we would only have funded 17 
percent of the entire Federal Government. Such haphazard funding is 
really a recipe for a long-term, manmade disaster--a colossal failure 
to invest adequately in our Nation's future.
  So, in the next few weeks, we will have an opportunity to come 
together and, once and for all, put these funding battles behind us. We 
all understand that agreeing on a budget will not be easy, but that 
doesn't mean we should wait until the last minute to start talking to 
one another. Let's get back to work now and start the process of 
figuring out how we can agree on a balanced and reasonable fiscal plan 
that puts middle class American families first and the American Dream 
back in reach.

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