[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3951]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              THE ATTITUDE OF ``SO BE IT'' CANNOT CONTINUE

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, the people of America are asking us: What 
are we doing? We're going to vote today on another continuing 
resolution that extends the budget for another couple of weeks. People 
are asking: What's the matter with all of you? Why can't you just get 
it done?
  They're absolutely right.
  Mr. Speaker, the attitude of ``so be it'' cannot continue. Yes, we 
all understand that there is a deficit, and we all want to work to stop 
that; but we also realize that you simply can't just cut, that you have 
to do it smartly, that you've got to make smart cuts so it doesn't hurt 
what we are all striving for, which is the creation of jobs. People 
want jobs, and they want us to get this fiscal house in order.
  If you don't want to listen to us, Mr. Speaker, think about the 
military. Both sides of the aisle have always looked upon the military 
as something we share in common, and the military is saying a 
continuing resolution does not work.

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