[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 15090-15091]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, two heroes of mine, World War II 
veterans, Representative John Dingell and Senator Robert Dole, plainly 
said that piecemeal or partial spending plans do not adequately ensure 
that our veterans are served or protected.
  I have in my hand today a letter from the Majority Leader, Mr. Reid, 
whom I thank him for his service, and a letter from our Democratic 
leadership here in the House. It simply pleads with the Speaker of this 
body, rather than piecemeal the American Dream, rather than respond in 
a way that leaves 800,000 Federal employees unemployed--and God knows 
the tragedy of this poor person who came on the hill in a black car. No 
one knows what drove this person to do this.

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  What I would say to you is: Let's get our wheels back on, serve the 
American people, bring them back, vote for a bill today that will open 
the government. I will stay here until we get that bill on the floor. 
Piecemeal is undeserving of America and all whom we love.

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