[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14867-14868]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          STAND UP FOR AMERICA

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. They come every 17 years. They make a strange and 
unpleasant noise, and then they shut down.
  Like those periodic cicadas that trouble different parts of the 
country, an irresponsible segment of the Republican House caucus has 
reverted to the old GOP shenanigans of a government shutdown that 
they've left in some burrow for the last 17 years. That Republican 
``Shutdown Caucus'' has taken over the leadership of the Republican 
Party. They've hijacked it.
  But we cannot permit them to hijack America. This is more than a 
backyard nuisance. It is an attempt to interfere with the lawful rights 
of millions of Americans to gain access to the health insurance that 
they have been denied in the past.

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  We must stand for their right to protect their family and secure 
their future. We must reject those who appear every 17 years to shut 
down our government. And we must stand up for America.

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