[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             PASS A BUDGET

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 1, 2013

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I voted to reject the Republican's 
short-term, piece-meal funding bills for some, but not all, of the 
federal government. While this effort has a superficial appeal, it is 
being used to prop up a terribly flawed policy that ignores the wide 
array of services that the federal government provides to families, to 
our children, to the environment, and to businesses across the country.
  The Congress should instead take up a clean CR to fund our 
government, rather than holding it hostage to healthcare laws enacted 
three years ago and now going into effect--freeing families from 
insidious practices such as lifetime limits on health insurance 
coverage, providing coverage for individuals with pre-existing 
conditions, expanding coverage for children, and ensuring that all 
insurance policies cover basic, critical services.
  I urge my colleagues to pass a clean funding bill and reject this 
cynical ploy.

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