On the recordSeptember 27, 2013
I come to the floor, as many of us do, to speak about the intrusion into a God-given American freedom called ObamaCare. As I watched the debate go back and forth and listened to my junior Senator declare those of us who don't want to fund ObamaCare to be for anarchy, I would say instead it's this: that if ObamaCare is ever implemented and enforced, we will never recover from it. It is an unconstitutional taking of God-given American liberty. What we are saying here in the House is we are not going to fund any implementation or enforcement of ObamaCare. If that means that the President would shut the government down in his throwing of a political tantrum, that's not on us; that's on him. We have always recovered from government shutdowns. There were 57 days of government shutdowns under Jimmy Carter. We don't even remember that. We will never recover from ObamaCare if it's implemented, and I'm going to stand in opposition to funding ObamaCare. ____________________
