On the recordSeptember 12, 2013
The problem has again been expressed. We have a single focus of the majority party, Madam Speaker, on defunding the Affordable Care Act. {time} 1130 So many Republicans have said it is an unreasonable and irrational expectation to expect, after an election has occurred in which that was one of the principal issues in the election, for the President or, frankly, the Senate, to agree to the objectives of the Republican Party that lost in America on this issue. There was a poll taken November 2012. The President of the United States won that poll. Your myopic focus on that one issue threatens to shut down government and put at risk the creditworthiness of the United States of America. That is not what the American people expect. Unless the gentleman wants to respond, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Walorski). The Chair would remind Members to direct their remarks to the Chair. ____________________
