[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, it is kind of interesting to hear all the 
chatter about a government shutdown here, chatter that seems to be 
coming from the other side. I think they, maybe, protesteth too loudly, 
because Republicans have acted to give the Senate and the President the 
tools, the means, to avoid a government shutdown. We've acted on two 
occasions to pass the language of the Full Faith and Credit Act to 
ensure the government continues paying its bills in the event of an 
impasse in budget negotiations.
  However, the Senate has failed to act on a commonsense proposal which 
would preserve our Nation's credit rating, continue paying the 
military, protect Social Security and other essential services.
  Where is the Senate's action on this measure? What is the President 
doing to help? He is, instead, more willing to meet with foreign 
leaders and is unwilling to talk to us in the House.
  Mr. Speaker, is this what the American people asked for--that we have 
an impasse amongst the three legs of the legislative process in this 
country, that we can't even talk to each other and we'd rather talk to 
foreign leaders first on the important, key issues like what we have 
coming up: the continuing resolution, the sequester, the debt limit, 
and the impending ObamaCare takeover of our health system?

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