[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       DOING WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, 15 days ago, an extreme faction of the 
Republican Party, supported by its leader and empowered by its more 
complacent members, brought about a shutdown of the entire Federal 
Government. It has since brought us to the brink of an unprecedented 
default, and now it refuses to accept a compromise that will open up 
the government, put people back to work, and lift the debt ceiling so 
the United States can pay its bills.
  Americans are fed up with the political obstructionism and 
dysfunction that has caused this unnecessary crisis. With the clock 
running out, we cannot afford to waste any more time. We need to act 
now. So I say to my colleagues across the aisle, stop your guerilla 
tactics; stop playing games with the good faith and credit of the 
United States; stop putting radical ideology ahead of the welfare of 
the American people; and stop sabotaging our economy and our democracy.
  We have got to bring common sense, integrity, and honor back to the 
House of Representatives and do what is in the best interests of this 
great country.

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