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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 113 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2013 No. 142 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL LET’S GOVERN RESPONSIBLY called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given pore (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia). Chair has examined the Journal of the permission to address the House for 1 last day’s proceedings and announces minute and to revise and extend his re- f to the House his approval thereof. marks.) Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, in July, DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER nal stands approved. I stood at this same podium arguing it PRO TEMPORE Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to shouldn’t take a government shutdown The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on threat each year to force Congress to fore the House the following commu- agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of do its job. I voted against Congress ad- nication from the Speaker: the Journal. journing for the month of August, in- WASHINGTON, DC, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sisting that Congress remain to com- October 11, 2013. question is on the Speaker’s approval plete critical business. I hereby appoint the Honorable DOUG COL- of the Journal. The work of the people remains un- LINS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this The question was taken; and the finished. Today is day 11 of the govern- day. Speaker pro tempore announced that ment shutdown. Thousands of workers JOHN A. BOEHNER, stay home, without a paycheck, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. the ayes appeared to have it. Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I object to yet Congress has not done its job. f the vote on the ground that a quorum This shutdown has failed to will Con- is not present and make the point of gress and the administration to the fin- PRAYER order that a quorum is not present. ish line, and we have seen a cycle of crisis management rather than respon- The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- sible governing. J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: Mr. Speaker, Washington is broken. Loving God, we give You thanks for ceedings on this question will be post- poned. This is not governing. This is not what giving us another day. our Founding Fathers intended. Lord, You know there are many The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn. I urge Congress and the leadership in Americans who look to the people’s Washington to return to regular order House as uncertainty about the future f of business. Instead of governing by of the economy and their livelihoods crisis, let’s responsibly govern, by get- hang in the balance. Petty partisanship PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ting the people’s business completed on and ever-politicizing rhetoric should time. have no place at all when men and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the f women of goodwill come together to gentleman from Virginia (Mr. WITT- serve the common good. MAN) come forward and lead the House END THE GOVERNMENT We ask again that You bless the in the Pledge of Allegiance. SHUTDOWN Members of the people’s House with the Mr. WITTMAN led the Pledge of Alle- (Mr. TONKO asked and was given understanding that it is their work to giance as follows: permission to address the House for 1 develop the strategies and plans to as- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the minute and to revise and extend his re- suage the fears of their fellow country- United States of America, and to the Repub- marks.) men and -women. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, as we slug We ask again that You impel those indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. through the second week of the govern- who possess power here in the Capitol ment shutdown, American families and to be mindful of those whom they rep- f small businesses are hurting. Every resent who possess little or no power day of the last 10 days I have been con- and whose lives are made all the more ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER tacted by constituents who cannot op- difficult by a failure to work out seri- PRO TEMPORE erate their stores, pay tribute to their ous differences. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The loved ones at a Federal memorial, or May all that is done today be for Chair will now entertain up to five re- secure a small business loan. Your greater honor and glory. quests for 1-minute speeches on each These unnecessary hardships damage Amen. side of the aisle. our economy, and could have been b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H6495 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:29 Oct 12, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11OC7.000 H11OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6496 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 11, 2013 avoided if House Republicans were not somewhere between 66,000 and 300,000 able Care Act. I’m not sure it is even obsessed with taking away health care people. We don’t know what the unem- that anymore. benefits from the public we serve. ployment rate actually is because we I think sometimes they just want to Government has the duty to keep its don’t know how many people are look- keep the government closed to show doors open, provide vital services, and ing for work, and we can’t find the that they can. Clearly, the budget pay its bills. These items should not be data. So we don’t know what actually numbers are there. We have agreed to considered a Democratic Party wish happened completely in September and their budget numbers, so that is not list. They are basic functions of gov- this month. the issue. ernment and should not be used as an This is creating needless uncertainty So, Speaker BOEHNER, please bring up opportunity to secure political points in our markets and makes it harder for a clean resolution today. The impact or hold America’s economy hostage. businesses to know what is actually on the economy is getting to be more It is well past time to vote to end the happening in our economy. and more devastating every day. As my government shutdown, pay our bills, Before the House Republicans shut colleagues have mentioned, more and get the Nation back to work, and grow down the government, what we did more jobs are being lost. our economy. know about our labor market was we Instead of losing jobs, Speaker BOEH- f still had 11 million people looking for NER, we should be here trying to create work following the deepest recession jobs and use the government to work A PICTURE IS WORTH A since the Great Depression. with the private sector to create jobs THOUSAND WORDS Mr. Speaker, it is time for the Repub- and grow the economy. (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was licans to bring the clean continuing Don’t continue to keep this govern- given permission to address the House resolution to the floor that has their ment shut down. It is 2 weeks now, and for 1 minute and to revise and extend budget number in it, and let’s reopen the longer it goes on, the more it is her remarks.) the government. going to have an impact on the econ- Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, a f omy and make it more difficult to cre- picture is worth a thousand words, and ate jobs. We will continue to lose jobs. I felt like it was appropriate today be- IT IS TIME FOR DEBT SOLUTIONS Bring up the clean resolution, Mr. cause so many of our colleagues say, (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- Speaker. Why do we want to discuss ObamaCare mission to address the House for 1 f when we talk about the budget or talk minute.) LET’S GET OUR SPENDING AND about the continuing resolution? Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, it is time for DEBT UNDER CONTROL And here is the reason why. It is a solutions. We’re 11 days into a Federal program that is too expensive to af- Government shutdown and days away (Mr. MICA asked and was given per- ford. from exhausting government’s $16.7 mission to address the House for 1 Take a look at this graph. We all trillion credit limit. Both parties need minute and to revise and extend his re- know that, supposedly, when to be committed to opening govern- marks.) ObamaCare started out—by the way, as ment and getting our debt under con- Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, it has been a an insurance access program for the trol. while. I know the American people are nearly 40 million that didn’t have in- House Republicans want to reopen frustrated with the shutdown, and a surance—it was to be under $1 trillion, the government, pay our bills, and de- week from now, the country will de- exactly $863 billion. fend America’s credit rating.
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