[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MUST-ACT DEADLINES

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, well, even some of my Republican colleagues 
acknowledge that there is chaos in their conference and that chaos has 
consequences. Governing from one manufactured crisis to another, we 
have piled up a whole series of must-act deadlines.
  In just 8 days, the U.S. Government will default unless Congress 
acts. Once again, Republicans are jeopardizing the full faith and 
credit of the United States.
  Unfortunately, that is just one of the deadlines that we face in this 
calendar of chaos. In just weeks, we have got to pass another budget or 
face another GOP-engineered shutdown.
  We have to pass a highway trust fund bill. Hopefully, it is not 
another short-term patch but something that actually gets Americans 
working and rebuilds our infrastructure.
  Sadly, the Export-Import Bank still sits idle. Fortunately, a handful 
of courageous Republicans joined all Democrats, and next week, 
hopefully, we will be able to get that moving again. It shouldn't take 
that kind of an extraordinary measure. We ought to be able to do it 
through the normal course of legislation.
  This chaos is out of hand.
  Hardworking Americans go to work every day. We need to do our job in 
Congress, and that is to do the business of the American people. Mr. 
Speaker, we have long passed time. We need to get to work.

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