[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 15 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H615]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         LET'S REASON TOGETHER

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of differences on this floor, 
and we are supposed to have differences. That is why there are 435 of 
us. Unfortunately, those differences have not been reconciled, and the 
Federal Government has been closed now in its third day.
  It is not helpful, however, today or in the coming days, as we try to 
resolve these differences, for Members to take to the floor and impugn 
the integrity of one another. It is not helpful, for example, for the 
President of the United States, through his campaign at his direction, 
to run television ads that accuse Democrats who oppose the budget 
measure of being complicit in murder.
  It is not helpful for the Vice President, overseas, in front of 
troops who serve this country with honor and dignity, to make a 
partisan speech accusing Democrats of not having their back. It is not 
fair to have Members come to this floor and suggest that those troops 
won't be paid when that Member knows that is not true.
  Let's reason together. Let's treat one another with some dignity and 
bridge the gap that exists between us.

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