Our side believes that we're on the verge of a permanent shutdown of our government.

Here we are, folks, my colleagues, fellow Americans. In just a few days, the United States may not be able to pay its debts. That would be horrible for the country and for leadership as we know it. Mr. Speaker, how did we get here? The…

Mr. Speaker, it has been a while. I know the American people are frustrated with the shutdown, and a week from now, the country will default if action is not taken. How we got into this situation is not that complicated. You can only…

Mr. Speaker, as the clock ticks, the country gets closer to a time when it will run out of money. People probably couldn't understand all of the debate leading up to the implementation of ObamaCare just a few days ago, and some of the…

Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, why are we here? We are here because of a failure of leadership. The fact is the President of the United States has failed to negotiate. The fact is the Majority Leader of the Senate, the head of the Senate…

But you are enforcement, though, right?

It looks like some of these contracts--and this is on opensecret.com--which is to political folks.

Are you ready in 2014? When are you going to announce to folks that in 2014 they have a $95 individual penalty or a $285 family penalty if they haven't complied with signing up?

You are prepared to send that out?

Can you tell us how many have signed up for Obamacare?

Mr. Speaker, we are here on a Friday. The government has partially been shut down for some 4 days now. Republicans have tried to be reasonable. Many of us did not like ObamaCare. Some folks, like myself--my family didn't have health care…