[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5062]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          DEMOCRATS' PLAN TO SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for one reason--to 
expose the Democrats' carefully designed plan to shut down the Federal 
Government.
  This Friday, the short-term continuing resolution expires, but the 
Democrats have yet to offer any real solutions for our budget mess. 
They just want to keep on spending, taxing, and borrowing. I believe 
they're dodging their responsibilities on purpose.
  The Democratic leadership is trying to back us into a corner with 
only two ways out: keep spending money at their outrageous levels or 
shut down the government. We are in an economic emergency, and neither 
of these options will do anything for America's financial crisis. I 
believe they actually want to shut down the government for their own 
political purposes.
  Mr. Speaker, I implore my Democrat colleagues to do what is right for 
America--to get serious about cutting spending before we find ourselves 
so deeply mired in debt that digging out becomes impossible.

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