On the recordOctober 9, 2013
Mr. Speaker, most people are surprised and actually stunned and amazed to discover that the Senate and the House have agreed--at least for the next 5 weeks--on a level of funding. This is not an argument about money. This shutdown is not about money. There are only two issues stopping the shutdown from coming to an end right this second. The President was on television yesterday, for over an hour, and never mentioned those two issues. We've agreed on the money. Here are the issues: Make Congress and the White House obey the same ObamaCare rules as everybody else in the United States of America. The President gave Big Business and special interests a 1-year break from being a part of ObamaCare. We want America's workers and families who work hard and play by the rules to have the same advantage. That's what Republicans, Democrats, and Independents in my district say they want. To give special benefits only to Big Business and special interests is not fair, it's not right, and it's not good for the United States of America. ____________________
