[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14422-14423]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about a very 
important issue that isn't one that is just typical for my district or 
any other Member's district. This is a very unique time in American 
history because next week, every American in the United States will be 
subject to the new requirements, the new mandates, of ObamaCare. This 
is a time that is very important, and we need to focus on what's about 
to happen next week.
  We have an opportunity in the next few days to keep misery and 
suffering from millions of Americans. The Republicans have been 
ridiculed by the Democrats, saying that we want to somehow shut down 
government. We don't.
  It is curious to note that since the 1970s the Federal Government has 
been shut down--it has been shut down 17 times--and numerous times 
because the Democratic Party sought to shut it down. If you go back to 
the 1970s, the Democrats repeatedly tried to shut down the government 
over the issue of abortion.
  What we are talking about is the issue of preventing suffering and 
misery for Americans. Surely that's worth a conversation.

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