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On the recordOctober 2, 2013
This is unbelievable. All we need is less than 20 Republicans and we can open up the government today. You will have the Democrats voting to open up the government. Just give us 20 Republican votes and we can open it today. Instead, because of the Ted Cruz Tea Party faction within your caucus that somehow has managed to intimidate the Republican leadership, you are willing to bring this country to its knees--to furlough 800,000 Federal employees, to cause suffering around the country, and to cause billions of dollars in economic damage to our economy. How can you do this? This is so wrong. Today, open it, give us 20 Republican votes. Get our country functioning again. Let us do our job. This is an outrageous abdication of responsibility.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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