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WITH THE FCC, BROADBAND AND
INTERNET REGULATION.
THAT IS DONE ALL OF THE C-SPAN
-- ALL OF THE C-SPAN NETWORKS
DISCUSSION.
WILL WATCH THE SPENDING
LIVE TO THE FLOOR AND C-SPAN.
THE HOUSE WILL BE
IN ORDER.
THE PRAYER WILL BE OFFERED BY
OUR CHAPLAIN, FATHER COUGHLIN.
CHAPLAIN COUGHLIN: YOUR WORD,
LORD GOD, CALLS US TO REFORM IN
SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.
WHERE YOUR HEART IS, THERE IS
YOUR TREASURE.
THE TRANSFORMATION YOU ASK OF
US IS NOT A CHANGE ONLY OF OUR
MANNERS OR THE WAY OF DOING
THINGS, IT IS NOT A CALL FOR A
CHANGE OF LANGUAGE, THE BOTTOM
LINE, OR EVEN OUR THINKING.
RATHER YOU, LORD, WHO ARE
HIDDEN FROM OUR SIGHT, KNOW THE
HIDDEN SECRETS OF OUR HEART SO
YOU CONTINUALLY SEEK CONVERSION
OF HEART UNTIL AT LAST OUR
HEARTS REST ONLY IN YOU.
IF SUCH A CHANGING WORLD UNLESS
WE ARE WILLING TO CHANGE OUR
DEEPEST DESIRES, ACCORDING TO
YOUR SPIRIT OF LIFE AND LOVE,
WE WILL INSTEAD BE CHANGED BY
FORCES AROUND US.
SO SEND FORTH YOUR POWERFUL
SPIRIT, LORD, THAT YOU MAY HAVE
YOUR WAY WITH US BOTH NOW AND
FOREVER.
AMEN.
THE CHAIR HAS
EXAMINED THE JOURNAL OF THE
LAST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AND
ANNOUNCES TO THE HOUSE HIS
APPROVAL THEREOF.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 1 OF RULE 1,
THE JOURNAL STANDS APPROVED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE 1, RULE 1 I DEMAND A
VOTE ON AGREEING TO THE
JOURNAL.
SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE
THE QUESTION IS ON
JOURNAL.
THE SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE
THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE BY
SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
THE AYES HAVE IT.
MR. SPEAKER.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
TEXAS.
I OBJECT TO THE VOTE
ON THE GROUNDS THAT A QUORUM IS
NOT PRESENT AND ACHE A POINT OF
ORDER A QUORUM IS NOT PRESENT.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE
8 OF RULE 20, FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS ON THIS QUESTION
ARE POSTPONED.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY
WILL BE LED BY THE GENTLEMAN
FROM FLORIDA, MR. SOUTHERLAND.
I PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT
STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND
JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE CHAIR WILL
ENTERTAIN UP TO FIVE REQUESTS
FOR ONE-MINUTE SPEECHES.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, I
RISE TODAY IN THE DILEMMA WE
FACE OURSELVES IN TODAY.
I HOPE I WILL BE ADDRESS THE
ISSUE WE FACE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
ONE MINUTE.
THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
I ASK
EXTEND.
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO REVISE AND
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THE
CONSTITUTION STARTS WE THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN
ORDER TO ENSURE A MORE PERFECT
UNION PROVIDE THE COMMON
DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL
WELFARE, AND SECURE THE
BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO
OURSELVES AND POSTERITY TO
ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS
CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
I HAVE VERY, VERY SHORT TIME
HERE TODAY BUT I WILL SAY THAT
IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOTHING
FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION.
IT FORMS A MORE IMPERFECT
UNION.
IT ESTABLISHES INJUSTICE.
IT ENSURES DOMESTIC CHAOS.
IT PROVIDES FOR THE UNCOMMON
DEFENSE.
IT DESTROYS THE GENERAL
WELFARE.
AND IT ENDANGERS THE BLESSINGS
OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR
POSTERITY.
BASED ON THIS VERY CONSTITUTION
THAT I HOLD IN MY HAND, THE
DIRECTION THAT WE ARE HEADING
PEOPLE.
VIOLATES THE WILL OF THE
IT IS TIME FOR US TO STOP
ARGUING AND GET ON WITH THE
WORK OF THE PEOPLE AND PROTECT
COME.
OUR POSTERITY OR GENERATIONS TO
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM RHODE ISLAND
RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, SO ORDERED.
MR. SPEAKER, I
RISE TODAY TO ASK MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES WHICH CHILD PICTURED
EDUCATION?
HERE WOULD YOU DENY AN EARLY
WHY WOULD I ASK THAT QUESTION?
I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
AS IT STANDS NOW THE REPUBLICAN
BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD KICK
218,000 CHILDREN OUT OF HEAD
START AND PREVENT THEM FROM
RECEIVING AN EDUCATION.
SOME OF THESE CHILDREN RIGHT
HERE ON THIS POSTER.
WE'LL CLOSE 16,000 CLASSROOMS,
IN WHICH THEY LEARN.
IT WILL FIRE 55,000 HEAD START
TEACHERS.
TEACHERS WHO TEACH THESE KIDS.
A BUDGET DOCUMENT, MY FRIENDS,
CENTS.
IS NOT JUST ABOUT DOLLARS AND
IT REFLECTS OUR PRIORITIES AS A
NATION.
MUST BE OUR TOP PRIORITY.
OUR CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE AND
HEAD START IS A KEY INVESTMENT
IN IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL
OUTCOMES, BUT IF THE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY HAS THEIR WAY, HEAD
START PROGRAMS IN MY HOME STATE
OF RHODE ISLAND WOULD HAVE TO
CUT THREE KIDS FROM EACH
CLASSROOM RIGHT NOW.
SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, WHICH
OF THESE CHILDREN WILL YOU DENY
AN EARLY EDUCATION TO?
I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
REQUEST PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
MINUTE.
MR. SPEAKER, ACCORDING
TO THE CENTER OF IMMIGRATION
STUDIES REPORT CITED IN THE
"HOUSTON CHRONICLE," 70% OF
TEXAS' ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE
ANCHOR BABY COLLECT WELFARE
FROM UNCLE SAM.
PEOPLE ILLEGALLY IN THE UNITED
STATES SHOULD NOT RECEIVE
WELFARE.
AMERICAN CITIZENS SHOULDN'T PAY
FOR THE WELFARE OF PEOPLE WHO
VIOLATE THE LAW TO ENTER THIS
CONTRY.
ILLEGALS ARE ALSO DRAINING OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
60% OF THE BIRTHS OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS AT A PUBLIC HOSPITAL
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, WERE BY
WOMEN LIVING HERE ILLEGALLY.
I WAS RECENTLY IN COCHISE
COUNTY, AS -- ARIZONA, WHERE
THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SHUT
DOWN ALMOST ALL OF THE
MATERNITY WARDS BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T FINANCIALLY SUPPORT ALL
OF THE ILLEGALS COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY.
MR. SPEAKER, ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION IS BREAKING THE
***.
LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS
AND LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FIRST.
ARE YOU IN, MR. PRESIDENT?
THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK THE
BALANCE OF HIS TIME.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
ONE MINUTE.
TODAY THE REPUBLICANS
WANT TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT.
TOMORROW THEY WANT TO DISMANTLE
MEDICARE.
IF THE SHUT DOWN WEREN'T
ENOUGH, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
JUST RELEASED NEXT YEAR'S ROAD
TO RUIN BUDGET.
AN UNBELIEVABLY THE PEOPLE THEY
HAVE CHOSEN TO TARGET ARE
AMERICA'S SENIORS.
THIS BUDGET ENDS THE MEDICARE
GUARANTEE AS WE KNOW IT.
IT TURNS MEDICARE INTO A
VOUCHER SYSTEM WHERE YOU WOULD
HAVE TO PUT YOUR FATE BACK INTO
THE HANDS OF PRIVATE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
IT RESULTS IN SENIORS PAYING
MORE FOR MEDICARE.
THIS PLAN SHIFTS COSTS ON TO
SENIORS AND CUTS MEDICARE AT A
TIME WHEN SENIORS NEED HEALTH
CARE THE MOST.
WE MUST TAKE THE TARGET OFF THE
BACKS OF OUR SENIORS AND OFF OF
MEDICARE, A GUARANTEE THAT
SENIORS HAVE EARNED THROUGH A
LIFETIME OF HARD WORK.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA
RISE?
PERMISSION TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSE FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
EVERY DAY A COURAGEOUS YOUNG
MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL OVER
AMERICA VOLUNTEER TO SERVE OUR
COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY.
THEY PROVE THEM SELVES AS
LEADERS AND ROLE MODELS.
WHAT IS THE RESPONSE THEY
RECEIVE FROM CONGRESSIONAL
LIBERALS AND EVEN THEIR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF?
A CALLOUS DISREGARD.
TO FURTHER THEIR OWN POLITICAL
GAMES SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES
WOULD DENY THEM THEIR PAY IF
THERE IS A SHUTDOWN OF THE
GOVERNMENT THIS WEEKEND.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.
OUR TROOPS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
COMBAT ZONES, ALREADY HAVE
PLENTY TO WORRY ABOUT WITHOUT
DEMOCRATIC INTRANSIGENCE ADDING
PERSONAL DEBT TO THOSE WORRIES.
IN FEBRUARY REPUBLICANS OFFERED
H.R. 1 AND YESTERDAY H.R. 1363
WHICH ENSURES, ENSURES THAT
EVERY MEMBER OF THE ARMED
FORCES WOULD RECEIVE HIS OR HER
FULL SALARY FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR.
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THE TROOPS
AND WANT THEM TO SUCCEED IN
THEIR MISSION.
IT APPEARS MOST OF THE
DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS FEEL
DIFFERENTLY.
OUR TROOPS ARE SACRIFICING TO
KEEP US FREE AND ARE EXHIBITING
LEADERSHIP.
DEMOCRATS SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR
EXAMPLE AND HONOR OUR
COMMITMENTS TO THE MEN AND
FAMILIES.
WOMEN OF THE MILITARY AND THEIR
I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM MARYLAND RISE?
PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
ONE MINUTE.
MR. SPEAKER, THERE
HAVE BEEN A LOT OF QUOTES ON
THIS FLOOR.
SO THIS ONE GOES OUT TO OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR SENIORS
AND SERVICE MEMBERS AND FEDERAL
WORKERS WHO STAND TO BE
AFFECTED BY A GOVERNMENT SHUT
DOWN.
IT'S A LESSON FROM OUR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES COURTESY
OF THE WHITE STRIPES, I GUESS
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IF YOU WANT
TO INVENT A CONTRAPTION.
FIRST YOU CAUSE A TRAIN WRECK.
THEN YOU PUT ME IN TRACTION.
FIRST CAME INACTION THEN A
REACTION, BUT YOU CAN'T SWITCH
AROUND FOR YOUR OWN
SATISFACTION.
YOU BURNT MY HOUSE DOWN THEN
GOT MAD AT MY REACTION?
IT'S JUST YOU CAN'T TAKE THE
EFFECT AND MAKE IT THE CAUSE.
SOME OF MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES WHO WANT TO SHUT THE
GOVERNMENT DOWN FOR THE EFFECT
YOU CAUSE, YOU LEARNED THIS
WHITE STRIPES WASN'T FIRST.
IF YOU ARE HEADING TO THE
GRAVE, YOU DON'T BLAME THE
HURTS, YOU BUILT THE HOUSE OF
CARDS AND SHOCK ME WHEN YOU SEE
THEM FALL.
YOU SEEM TO FORGET WHEN THIS
STARTED.
MAKE IT THE CAUSE.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE EFFECT AND
WITH THAT I YIELD.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN YIELD BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS RISE?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR
ONE MINUTE.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
THIS MORNING WE PLEDGED
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES.
WHAT A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR.
I THINK IT CONVEYS UPON THIS
BODY TO TELL THE TRUTH.
AND SO THIS MORNING I RAISE A
QUESTION OF MY FRIENDS'
COMMENTS ABOUT HOLDING THE
TROOPS HOSTAGE.
WE ARE NOT HOLDING THEM
HOSTAGE.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM
WITH THEIR PAYCHECKS, BUT WE
WANTED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR GRANDMOTHERS AND WIVES
AND CHILDREN THAT WERE BEING
ABANDONED BY THE REPUBLICAN
BUDGET.
AND, YES, CAN YOU IMAGINE
HOLDING UP THE PAIN OF THE
BILLS -- PAYING OF THE BILLS OF
THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE YOU
ARE AGAINST WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
AND FAMILY PLANNING AND YOU
WANT TO CONDEMN AND TAKE AWAY
RESOURCES TO FAMILY PLANNING
AND TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD?
CAN YOU IMAGINE TAKING THE OATH
OF THE FLAG AND YET NOT TELLING
THE TRUTH?
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
FACT THAT WE HAD A PROVISION
THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR TROOPS TO
BE PAID.
BUT ACTUALITY WHAT WE ARE
STANDING AGAINST IS ELIMINATING
OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION,
NUTRITION PROGRAMS, HOUSING
PROGRAMS, TEACHER COMPENSATION.
YES, THERE HAS TO BE A MORAL
STANDARD FOR THE BUDGET.
WE ARE STANDING ON HIGH MORAL
GROUND.
THE
GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
EXPIRED.
THE GENTLELADY'S TIME HAS
THE GENTLEWOMAN WILL SUSPEND.
THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS BACK.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS
RISE?
UNANIMOUS CONSENT
MINUTE.
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE
MINUTE.
MR. SPEAKER, IT
IS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT IN LESS
THAN 12 HOURS THE GOVERNMENT
WILL SHUT DOWN UNLESS CONGRESS
ACTS.
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP
SHOULD BRING A CLEAN C.R. TO
THIS FLOOR FREE OF ALL THEIR
CONTROVERSIAL RIDERS SO THAT WE
CAN KEEP THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING
FOR ANOTHER FEW DAYS SO
NEGOTIATORS CAN CONTINUE THEIR
TALKS AND GET A DEAL.
BUT IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT TODAY
WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.
WE ARE BRINGING A NET
NEUTRALITY BILL TO THE FLOOR
WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
ANYTHING AND WE SHOULD BE
SPENDING OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT
HOW -- INSTEAD HOW WE SHOULD
SAVE THE JOBS OF HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE
BALANCE IF THIS GOVERNMENT
SHUTS DOWN.
HOW WE SHOULD SAVE THE SOCIAL
SAFETY NET BECAUSE IT'S GONE IF
THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN.
THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD STOP
HOLDING THIS GOVERNMENT HOSTAGE
AND STOP USING THESE
CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL RIDERS AS
RANSOM.
WE NEED TO KEEP THIS GOVERNMENT
GOING.
WE NEED TO GET A DEAL.
TAKE THIS NET NEUTRALITY BILL
OFF THE FLOOR TODAY.
INSTEAD BRING A CLEAN C.R. SO
WE CAN ALL VOTE AND KEEP THIS
GOVERNMENT RUNNING SO WE CAN
GET A FINAL DEAL.
I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
1, THE HOUSE WILL STAND IN
RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF
THE CHAIR.