Jack Kingston: “I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that we are here tonight to keep the government open. I…”

“I thank the gentleman from Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that we are here tonight to keep the government open. I keep hearing that we want to shut the government down. And yet this is actually our third attempt to send something to the U.S. Senate to give them an opportunity to negotiate with us. And why are we here talking about a continuing resolution to begin with? We're here because this year, the House Appropriations Committee, with my colleagues on the other side, has passed five separate appropriations bills. There are 12 in total. Unfortunately, during the time period that we've passed five, the Senate has passed zero. Last year, the House passed seven and the Senate passed one. After a while, you see there's a pattern. The Senate doesn't want to work on regular order. The Senate really does prefer continuing resolutions because then they can pull stunts like the one Harry Reid is doing now. You know, Mr. Speaker, where were they yesterday? Where were they this weekend? The Senate adjourned. Where was the President? He was playing golf. He was so concerned about the government being shut down. Now, what is the issue with ObamaCare? The Speaker at the time, Ms. Pelosi, said we need to pass the bill so we can find out what's in it. {time} 2000 Now, that bill has grown to 7.5 feet in height, and we are reading what's in it.…”