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




                         DOING THE RIGHT THING

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, as we enter the third week of this 
reckless, irresponsible shutdown, it is no wonder that folks in my 
Arizona district and across the Nation are disgusted. They see 
Washington treating this shutdown as a political game. I have got news 
for them. How far will the House majority push our Nation just to score 
political points? No one wins. Everybody loses, and here is what an 
editorial in the Arizona Republic says today about this shutdown:

       When it is all over, the huge costs will be tallied, and 
     the hard work Congress has avoided will remain undone. 
     America will join the world in wondering: Is that all there 
     is? The only heroes in this tragedy are the Americans who 
     still believe their government can eventually do the right 
     thing.

  Mr. Speaker, let's show the American people that this House is still 
capable of doing the right thing.

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