[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, this Congress and the White House agree, by 
December 15, the Federal Government will shut down.
  No one on Capitol Hill wants a shutdown. I don't. No House Republican 
does. No House Democrat does. All we want are honest negotiations.
  President Obama's spokesman said: ``The President is not going to 
sign a CR that will give Members of Congress additional time to 
negotiate.''
  Clearly, President Obama wants a shutdown. Why? He thinks a shutdown 
is good election-year politics. Pain is never good politics. I ask the 
President to change course. Negotiate. Don't shut down our government.

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