[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14962]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ANTI-GOP VANDALISM

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, the 25th District of Texas is home to the 
Texas State Capitol, the University of Texas, the Comanche Peak nuclear 
plant, the Barnett shale, the dairy farms in great Texas, and the 
largest military installation in the country, Fort Hood, Texas.
  It's a shame that the level of discourse in our Nation has come to 
this--that my district office in Cleburne, Texas, would be the victim 
of hateful anti-Republican vandalism by anonymous individuals.
  House Republicans have been called extortionists, terrorists, drunks, 
kidnappers, anarchists, and the list goes on.
  I understand that this government shutdown has caused uncertainty and 
tension for hundreds of thousands of Americans, but this type of 
behavior cannot and will not be tolerated.
  We are the United States of America, and it's time for the Senate, 
the White House and the House to come to the negotiating table, unite 
and figure out this problem we have for all Americans. The sooner the 
better.
  In God we trust.

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