[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            THE HOUSE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO FIX PROBLEMS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last night I voted to stop shutdown policies 
that are delaying veteran benefit applications and shuttering national 
parks and memorials. But those measures failed to pass because the 
President threatened a veto and more than 160 Democrats voted to stop 
them. That dumbfounds me.
  Days ago, the President signed similar legislation to protect pay for 
Active Duty military members throughout any shutdown, why not now?
  Surprise. Republicans and Democrats have policy differences, but we 
shouldn't differ here. Correcting problems for veterans, military 
families, the National Institutes of Health, and visitors to national 
parks--including the World War II Memorial and North Carolina's Blue 
Ridge Parkway--is common sense and provides common ground for Democrats 
and Republicans to make some progress toward solving this shutdown.
  The President's and Senate's refusal to work with us to reopen the 
government has consequences well beyond Washington. If they won't 
contribute to a bipartisan solution to stop the pain, we'll continue to 
take the lead to fix problems for the American people.

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