[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15069]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   STOP TRYING TO BURN DOWN THE HOUSE

  (Mr. DOYLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, we've heard from our Republican colleagues 
that Democrats don't want to compromise, that the President doesn't 
want to negotiate.
  I read something on the Internet this morning that sort of describes 
the type of negotiation the Republicans want to have with us. It goes 
something like this:
  Can I burn down your house?
  No.
  How about just the second floor?
  No.
  How about the garage?
  No.
  Well, let's talk about what I can burn down.
  No.
  You're not compromising.
  Mr. Speaker, this is what we've been going through. You want a budget 
for 6 weeks? Defund ObamaCare. Delay ObamaCare. Take away the 
individual mandate from ObamaCare. Or please, just sit down with us and 
tell us what we can take away from 20 million Americans who need health 
care, and then we'll reopen the government.
  Let me say to my colleagues, if you would just stop trying to burn 
down the house, we can talk.

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