[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    FAIRNESS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, the House continues to send the Senate 
options to end the current government shutdown, but they refuse to 
appoint conferees. Every American family has to live within its means 
and overcome differences. Congress must do the same. I implore the 
Senate to take the very basic step of agreeing to a conference with the 
House to resolve our differences.
  House Republicans remain committed to ending this government 
shutdown. It is unfair for the administration to grant a delay for big 
businesses, but not to individuals. It is unfair for the administration 
and Congress to exempt themselves from ObamaCare and to grant hundreds 
of other special waivers, but not allow a delay of the individual 
mandate for every ordinary American.
  We must all live under the laws that we enact and provide fairness 
for the American people.

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