[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15271]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, words do have meaning. 
Instead of working together to do our jobs and resolve these critical 
issues, Republicans have taken a decidedly different approach, one they 
seem to have been looking forward to for some time, to make another 
desperate attempt to stop the Affordable Care Act. The government 
shutdown could be the most damaging thing to hit our economy since the 
budget sequestration they imposed on Americans.
  I would say to my colleague that I just heard from, the prayer this 
morning is so appropriate, a prayer of St. Francis: make me a keeper of 
your peace.
  There are people who are hurting and in trouble. Let us look inside 
to the moral obligations that we have and see what we can do to come 
together.
  Please, let us vote on the continuing resolution passed by the 
Senate. These are the Republican budget numbers the Democrats have 
agreed to compromise with. Please, listen to St. Francis. Look inside 
and see what we can do together.

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