[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13948]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION AND THE IMPENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, it's no secret that we, as a 
Nation, face tough choices on how to resolve our fiscal disagreements, 
but a government shutdown or a default is exactly the wrong answer.
  Every day, people all across our country figure out how to get their 
jobs done, despite all sorts of disagreements. We must remember that 
compromise was the foundation of our Constitution and the cornerstone 
of our system of government. But for some reason, people here in 
Washington seem to have forgotten this most basic idea.
  My constituents in San Diego have worked too hard and struggled too 
much to fight through this economic downturn. The last thing they need 
is a government shutdown because some in Congress can't get their act 
together.
  Are we really going to let petty politics prevent us from doing the 
work to fund our government? Are we really going to stop processing of 
checks to our constituents, to our veterans, and to law enforcement?
  Mr. Speaker, a shutdown or a default is not governance, it's lunacy.

  

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