[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16366]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               OBAMACARE

  (Mr. ROHRABACHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I hope that the American people have 
fully understood what has been going on here for the last 6 weeks.
  The Republicans offered what? The Republicans offered to delay 
ObamaCare as a compromise position in order to have the continuing 
resolution to keep our government going. That compromise was rejected. 
We were called all kinds of names, and then we were told we were the 
ones that closed down government.
  Take a look at what has happened. ObamaCare, this disaster that is 
taking place, the glitches, all of the problems, we know now ObamaCare 
wasn't even ready. The President and the country needed the extra time 
in order to perfect ObamaCare, but he would rather have closed it 
down--our government--rather than reach a compromise with the House of 
Representatives.
  That is what this is all about. We had arrogance on the part of our 
Chief Executive unwilling to negotiate with the House. What was the 
House offering? Time to delay ObamaCare so it could work.
  Now the American people have not only suffered a closure, but now are 
suffering from an ObamaCare that is not ready to be launched.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward the President.

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