[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14351-14352]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Mr. HONDA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, we are now 7 legislative days from yet 
another Republican government shutdown, simply because the Republicans 
want to deny women access to comprehensive health care--7 days away 
from a government shutdown--and we have no solution to keep our 
government funded and running.
  We have radio silence on how to strengthen our middle class, build 
bigger paychecks for all Americans, and invest our infrastructure.
  In light of this Republican Congress' dysfunction, just this week, 
General

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Electric announced that, because of the ``political debate over 
America's global competitiveness and the future of the Export-Import 
Bank,'' it is shifting 500 manufacturing jobs out of the U.S.
  As a representative of Silicon Valley, I know that manufacturing 
jobs, such as those at GE, are the foundation to reversing income 
inequality and igniting innovation.
  Mr. Speaker, we cannot hold our government and our American 
livelihood hostage. I call upon my Republican colleagues to stop 
pulling a Kim Davis and do your job.

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