Barbara Boxer: “I want to talk about what is happening in this Congress or, better yet, what is not happening. We have to pass a…”

“I want to talk about what is happening in this Congress or, better yet, what is not happening. We have to pass a continuing resolution so we can fund this government. That means all the functions--whether it is air traffic controllers, whether it is building our highways, whether it is FBI agents, whether it is paying Social Security. All the things we do--Medicare--we have to pass a continuing resolution to keep this government going--sending meat inspectors out to make sure we do not get poisoned, and the rest; you name it. And where is the House? All spending bills have to start over there. The Republicans control it. They have not sent us a continuing resolution. We also have to make sure we pay our debts--just like all Americans--debts we voted for. Whether it is military spending, domestic spending, spending to help our farmers, spending to help recover from Hurricane Sandy, we have to pay our debts. To do that, we have to increase the debt ceiling. October 15; it is coming. If we do not do it, if the Republicans play games, we will see a crash in the stock market. I am sure every American looks forward to that. They are not doing their work because they are obsessed--they are obsessed--with repealing a law they have tried to repeal 41 times. They are obsessed. They tried to get it overturned in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said it is constitutional.…”