[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H6006-H6007]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. HONDA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, we are now 7 legislative days from yet 
another Republican government shutdown, simply

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because the Republicans want to deny women access to comprehensive 
health care--7 days away from a government shutdown--and we have no 
solution to keep our government funded and running.
  We have radio silence on how to strengthen our middle class, build 
bigger paychecks for all Americans, and invest our infrastructure.
  In light of this Republican Congress' dysfunction, just this week, 
General Electric announced that, because of the ``political debate over 
America's global competitiveness and the future of the Export-Import 
Bank,'' it is shifting 500 manufacturing jobs out of the U.S.
  As a representative of Silicon Valley, I know that manufacturing 
jobs, such as those at GE, are the foundation to reversing income 
inequality and igniting innovation.
  Mr. Speaker, we cannot hold our government and our American 
livelihood hostage. I call upon my Republican colleagues to stop 
pulling a Kim Davis and do your job.

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