[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14763]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WHERE CAN THE SENATE BE? GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN?

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, where, oh where has the Senate gone? 
Where, oh where can they be? With time so short and issues so long, 
where, oh where has the Senate gone?
  The House has offered a compromise. We have passed legislation to 
fund the government and postpone ObamaCare for a year, but the Senate 
and the President refuse to work with us, refuse to negotiate, refuse 
to compromise, even refuse to talk to us.
  While we were here until nearly 1 a.m. Sunday morning, the Senate was 
gone. The President, according to the New York Times, played golf over 
the weekend. So the President will negotiate with the Iranians, the 
President will negotiate with the Russians about Syria, but the 
President and the Senate will not talk to the House. Aren't Americans 
as important as Syrians, Russians, and Iranians? I guess the Senate and 
the President have other priorities, but their inaction of talking to 
us will cause a shutdown.
  Where, oh where has the Senate gone? Where, oh where can they be? 
With time so short and issues so long, where, oh where has the Senate 
gone?
  And that's just the way it is.

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