Peter Deutsch: “for those who are listening in this Chamber and in America, let us think about what this proposal does. We have gone…”

“for those who are listening in this Chamber and in America, let us think about what this proposal does. We have gone from the absurd to the ridiculous. We have had a situation that really has been indefensible. Finally, my Republican colleagues, the radical right, are starting to follow their leadership a little bit, that they had an indefensible position where we furloughed workers but we decided to pay them at the same time. Now what this resolution does is, we are bringing the workers back, but we are telling them, ``There is nothing to do,'' because you do not have to be an MIT economist to understand, as the gentleman from New Mexico pointed out, you cannot run a hospital without an IV, you cannot be a DEA agent without gasoline for your car. It really is as crazy as it sounds, the proposal. Just as reasoned Americans changed the radical right, they are going to change the radical right on this proposal, too. I would ask people out there to call their Members, 202-224-3121, and let them know.”