[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16504]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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          FAKE VOTES PUT POLITICS AHEAD OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, later today the House of Representatives 
will vote on legislation that would reject the debt ceiling increase 
that was passed by Congress earlier this month. This vote makes no 
sense.
  Make no mistake, voting to reject the debt ceiling increase is a vote 
to default, and these are the same Members who just a couple of weeks 
ago decried the notion of America defaulting on its obligations and 
voted earlier this year for a budget resolution that spends $700 
billion more than it takes in in revenue. The logical consequence of 
this action is to raise the debt ceiling.
  Mr. Speaker, to achieve growth, the American economy needs stability 
and certainty, not fake votes that put politics ahead of the American 
people. Let's end this nonsense and get back to the work of creating 
jobs and nation-building right here in America.

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