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




                        END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Republicans have again 
recklessly threatened America's future by allowing the Nation, already 
in a Republican shutdown, to default on its debt unless the Congress 
votes to stop ObamaCare. The government has been shut down for 2 weeks, 
and the United States will default on its debt in 2 days. All respected 
economists say a default means devastating and definitely unnecessary 
damage to our economy and to the global marketplace. Yet Republicans 
radically and irresponsibly push us toward the precipice of default. 
Their disconnect from financial reality is certainly breathtaking. 
Their actions are reckless, radical, and irresponsible.
  Mr. Speaker, there is power in numbers. If reasonable Republicans 
would stand up to their radical right wing, we could end this shutdown 
and avoid a default today.

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