[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15090]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority, who've been 
stampeded by a radical minority of their Conference, are continuing the 
game of Whac-A-Mole; every time something visible pops up on television 
about yet another Federal agency and people having been disadvantaged, 
particularly when it affects Republican districts or constituencies 
they have some concern about, they play Whac-A-Mole. That's fun, that 
one. They know it's not going to happen and they know it's not going to 
be accepted, but they're pretending to care. It's time to stop 
pretending to care and to really care.
  We just did a great applause for the Capitol Police. I was standing 
with everybody else. Guess what? They're working, they're not getting 
paid, and they can't take leave or be sick because they're essential 
employees. That's what's happening to every essential Federal employee 
in this country. Their life is being blown up. They're not getting 
paid. They can't take leave. They can't be sick.
  This is not right. It's time to just allow this body to vote on a 
clean continuing resolution. What are you afraid of? Are afraid it 
would pass, to temporarily fund the government until November 15? Is 
that too much to ask? Then you can negotiate.

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