[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15336]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              LET US VOTE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, this will be a short 5-minute, indeed a short 
1-minute, because it all can be said in a very few words.
  Yesterday, the Speaker said ``there are not enough votes in the House 
to pass'' a clean bill to fund the government and end the shutdown.
  There is one clear way to find out, Mr. Speaker: let us vote on the 
floor of the House.
  On Saturday, 195 of us Democrats sent a letter to the Speaker, saying 
we are willing to vote ``yes.'' And the reports are also 22 Republicans 
at least are ready to vote ``yes.'' That's a majority. There are enough 
votes to end the shutdown.
  And Mr. Speaker, if you don't believe it, let us vote.

                          ____________________