[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14599]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CALLING FOR BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT

  (Mr. TAKAI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKAI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss an issue of great 
importance, the need to pass a budget bill and prevent a government 
shutdown.
  I think many of us here on Capitol Hill heard all the buzz when 
former Daily Show host Jon Stewart came into town, but what I hope is 
not lost in all the excitement was his reason for coming.
  He came to deliver a message to Congress to pass the reauthorization 
of the James Zadroga 9/11 First Responders Act, of which I am a proud 
cosponsor. It expires at the end of this month.
  Instead of working to subsidize the health care of our courageous 
first responders, Congress is fixated on creating another manufactured 
crisis. Instead of providing a firefighter burned so badly while saving 
a victim of the attack of the Twin Towers or a police officer suffering 
from lung cancer because of exposure to toxic chemicals free health 
care and really thanking them for their heroic sacrifices, Congress 
again took no action.
  I truly hope my colleagues recognize the gravity of the situation and 
come together to get back to conducting the business of this Nation.

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