[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       STOP PLAYING GAMES AND PASS A CLEAN CONTINUING RESOLUTION

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker and Members, here we are, Day 4 
of the government shutdown, all because the Republican majority didn't 
get their way on a bill 3 years ago.
  They're so obsessed, in fact, with eliminating the Affordable Care 
Act that they're willing to risk the functions of the United States 
Government, just to prove a point. It's really amazing and, yet, so 
sad.
  And now that they've seen the polls and realize the American people 
don't support what they're doing, their response is to pass a few bills 
to only reopen a few agencies within the government. Again, amazing.
  We need to open the whole government. And yet, congressional 
Republicans don't care about the consequences of a shutdown, even 
though they're significant.
  Thousands of people are furloughed. Critical programs and services 
across the country have been shuttered, and all because congressional 
Republicans are in denial of the Affordable Care Act. It is the law of 
land and has been for 3 years, and has survived 42 legislative attempts 
to repeal it.
  It's time to move on. This is not a serious, responsible way to run 
the United States of America, and you know it. Stop playing games and 
pass a clean continuing resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Meadows). The Chair would ask that all 
Members use the proper form in asking to be recognized for 1 minute 
speeches.

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