[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15070]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   REMOVE THE EXEMPTION FOR CONGRESS

  (Mr. HARRIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I've been wondering exactly why on Tuesday 
morning the Senate and the President let the government shut down, 
started barricading monuments from our World War II veterans, and 
stopped the treatment of children of cancer at the NIH, all because 
they rejected our offer to fund the government and end the special 
congressional exemption under ObamaCare.
  Mr. Speaker, late yesterday afternoon, I got the answer. We all got 
an email about the President's decision on how this exemption is going 
to work.
  Mr. Speaker, we all have to go and get the gold policy. Yes, Mr. 
Speaker. Not the bronze, not the silver, but the gold policy from the 
exchange. That's the only one we can get. You see, bronze and silver is 
only good enough for everyone else in the country. For Members of 
Congress and Members of the Senate and their staff, it's gold or 
nothing. That's why this fight has been for a clean CR. No one wants to 
remove that exemption.
  Mr. Speaker, remove the exemption for Congress and their staff.

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