On the recordOctober 8, 2013
I would like to repeat what my colleague from Florida said. My Democratic colleagues have suggested that if the House only passes the clean Senate CR, we can move on with business. I will point out if the Senate will only consider the House CR, we can also move on. But the problem is that there's two provisions. One provision takes away a sweetheart deal that only Members of Congress and their staff get. Secondly, since the President delayed the mandate on employers to provide insurance for a year, we would similarly delay the mandate on the employee to have that insurance. If she is relying upon her employer to provide the policy, what is she to do if he is given a break on not providing that policy? We can quickly reopen the government. The House Republicans have voted a budget which would completely fund the government, but it has those provisions which Senator Reid will not even negotiate over. He will not come together to discuss these two things. So, as a favor to both our country and the American taxpayer, I ask Senator Reid to address it. ____________________
