Bruce F. Vento: “this H.R. 2924 is about the most convoluted piece of legislation that I have seen in terms of what is going on. They…”

“this H.R. 2924 is about the most convoluted piece of legislation that I have seen in terms of what is going on. They say, the Republicans that they bring this bill to us, that they intend to extend the debt limit. Well, why do they not just do it? No, they bring this 2-week bill. In other words, the bad news is the fact that they feel the necessity for a 2 week measure. If we take them at their word, the face value of what this bill says, we are going to avert the possibility that the Social Security checks are going to bounce March 1. We want them to go out, and we all want to be on the side of those receiving Social Security. But the bad news is that the veterans' checks are going to bounce, that they are not going to cash those, that the soldiers and sailors that get checks, even those in Bosnia, will not be able to cash them. The contractors who have done work in good faith will not be able to cash checks. The fact is that this result would result in the ultimate Government shutdown. Already this year for 4 weeks out of 16, the irresponsibility in terms of the way that this majority Republican Party has run this Congress has resulted in partial shutdown of the Government.”