[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              FIFTEEN DAYS AWAY FROM A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because the American people are 
getting a front-row seat at the circus that Speaker Kevin McCarthy and 
extremists in the Republican Party are unleashing on our country.
  We are 15 days away from a government shutdown that will impact 
millions of working people, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy cannot even get 
his own party to pass any significant pieces of legislation.
  The cherry on top of all of this is that, instead of getting to work 
to fund the government, they are trying to impeach Hunter Biden, who, I 
think--spoiler alert--is not the President of the United States.
  This Speaker doesn't even have the votes for impeachment, doesn't 
have the votes to fund the government. It is unclear whether or not he 
even has the votes to keep his own job.
  Kevin McCarthy doesn't even know what Kevin McCarthy stands for 
because it sure looks like his morals and beliefs about how this place 
should run apply only when other people are holding the gavel.
  So America, 15 days from now, when our country comes to a halt, 
remember who did this to you: Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the extremist 
House Republicans who care more about themselves and their politics 
than you.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Members are reminded to direct 
their remarks to the Chair.

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