[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, when the hallmark of ``Presidential 
leadership'' becomes the refusal to have a conversation, we all should 
be concerned.
  Our country is facing some very real challenges right now. To name a 
few:
  Government is shut down because the Democrat Senate won't fund 
operations unless the House allows ObamaCare to be implemented 
unfairly;
  Families in my district will be forced to spend thousands more next 
year on health insurance because of the President's partisan health 
care overhaul;
  The country is days away from exhausting its $16.7 trillion debt 
limit.
  These challenges are bigger than any one party, and our solutions 
must be, too.
  Not negotiating when such pivotal matters are at stake is wrong. It 
betrays years of precedent, and it contradicts the bipartisan reality 
of divided government.
  House Republicans want to reopen government as soon as possible, but 
we can't shape a fair bipartisan solution when we're the only ones 
willing to sit down, talk to the other side, and negotiate.

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