[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15886]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, the Republican shutdown of government and 
their move to default on our debt are like forcing the wrong medicine 
on a sick patient--you might get them to take it, but it could kill 
them.
  The only way America can pay back our Nation's debt is through 
economic growth and job creation, not bad medicine.
  Let's not forget that we are still digging our way out from the Wall 
Street-induced Great Recession. Where did the $17 trillion of national 
debt come from? The Wall Street recession cost American households 
$19.2 trillion in lost wealth and the country 8.8 million jobs.
  Under President Obama, we have had 42 consecutive months of job 
growth, leading to 7.5 million jobs being created, unlike in the Bush 
years when there wasn't a single job created. In fact, we lost over a 
half a million jobs. In the last 12 months of the Bush years, the 
country lost 4.6 million jobs. Let's not forget that America has 
accumulated an $8.4 trillion trade deficit since 1975 and that we have 
racked up $4 trillion in unpaid-for war spending.
  So what is the Republican solution? Shut down the government. Don't 
pay the bills. The latest idea is to govern by supercommittee.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to restore regular order, to move bills, to 
create jobs, and keep America's promises to our debtors. Let's nurse 
our Nation back to health, and stop continuing the economic pain with 
bad medicine.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired. 
Members are reminded to please heed the gavel.

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