[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 15286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          TEAR DOWN THAT WALL

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, just as Mr. Doggett has said as to the 
absurdity, I'm not sure if this is Joseph Heller or if it's Fellini.
  The Tea Party Republicans came here because they were concerned about 
the debt. The debt, Mr. Speaker, was caused by Reagan and Bush. Look at 
the records. Reagan and Bush caused the debt. Now they've shut down 
their government like an arsonist sets a fire, and they're coming 
around, acting like they're firefighters who are trying to rescue the 
children who they didn't realize were in the building and who couldn't 
get help from the NIH for their cancer treatments and the veterans 
they're going to rescue who couldn't go to the memorials and the 
Federal workers who aren't getting paid.
  It is like a Fellini movie.
  There is apparently a wall between the Tea Party Republicans and the 
mainstream Republicans, who would like to move this country forward.
  Mr. Speaker, tear down that wall.

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