[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT NEGOTIATE OR COMPROMISE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, a ``compromise'' is an ``agreement reached by 
each side making concessions,'' but how can we reach a compromise if 
President Obama isn't even willing to negotiate?
  The President has said he will not negotiate raising the debt ceiling 
even though every major attempt to deal with the deficit over the last 
30 years has been tied to the debt limit. He will not negotiate 
delaying the individual mandate even though he delayed the employer 
mandate until 2015. He will not negotiate repealing the medical device 
tax even though 33 Democrats voted to do precisely that.
  However, he is willing to negotiate with labor unions and special 
interests over their objections to ObamaCare. He is willing to 
negotiate with dictators who use chemical weapons against their own 
citizens. He is willing to negotiate with Iran.
  He is just not willing to negotiate with Congress, and he is not 
willing to listen to the American people, who are demanding a reprieve 
from his half-baked health care law and real solutions to America's 
debt and deficit problems.

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