10/02/2013
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"Let me be clear: The response from the United States must be unequivocal and project American strength internationally."
"However, it seems that can only be true if they ever intended to spend money on that in the first place."
"So, I simply urge my colleagues to end this mess and begin governing as we were elected to do."
"Every day that this House of Representatives goes without a Speaker, we are diminished in the eyes of the world and of the people we have an obligation to represent."