Peter Roskam: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Look, here is an opportunity. There is an opportunity to find common ground. There is an…”

“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Look, here is an opportunity. There is an opportunity to find common ground. There is an opportunity to do something that makes common sense, that is not just common ground. It is common sense to require people, if they're getting compensation, to do their jobs. It has been 4 years. Ironically, it has been since the day Rod Blagojevich, the Governor of Illinois, was indicted that the United States Senate has passed a budget, and now we have an opportunity to put pressure on the other body, which is for them to do their work. We don't do ourselves, we don't do our children, we don't do the taxpayers any favors by creating a climate that says ``folks don't have to do their work.'' We don't get to a solution or a remedy unless we pass budgets. This is an opportunity to get on record and put the other body out into the open field so we can have a discussion and move this country on a pathway that makes sense. We ought to pass this and pass it quickly.”