[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    BOEHNER DEFAULT PREVENTION BILL

  (Mr. HIMES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, I'm told that this afternoon this House will 
vote on the Boehner default prevention bill, in direct contravention of 
House rules, with limited debate and no opportunity for amendment. One 
of the most important discussions we need to have as a country--limited 
debate and no opportunity for amendment.
  I would welcome that debate. I'd love to talk about what's involved 
in gutting Medicare and Social Security without asking the very 
wealthiest people in this country to participate in solving this 
problem. I'd love to have that debate. And we will, later, not today.
  What I'm rising to talk about today, though, is the fact that this 
bill would have us having exactly this discussion 6 months from today, 
talking about default and credit ratings and the impacts of default, 
instead of talking about what every American wants this Chamber to be 
focused on, which is what we can do to bring about jobs.
  This is not a good bill. But the notion that it would have us having 
this conversation again in 6 months is reason enough for every Member 
of this Chamber to reject that bill this afternoon.

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