On the recordOctober 11, 2013
This is day 11 of the reckless Republican shutdown of the United States Government, and you have still failed to provide a way out of the mess that you have created. The communities that I represent in Brooklyn and Queens are still struggling from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy; yet this bill fails to fund the Army Corps of Engineers. This was a wholesale government shutdown, and all that is offered is a piecemeal reopening. You have burned down the entire house, but offer only to rebuild the kitchen. That is a shameful dereliction of duty and a woefully inadequate remedy. This shutdown is hurting the American people. It is undemocratic, unconscionable, unnecessary, unreasonable, and unjust. It is time to get back to doing the business of the American people. Let's reopen the entire government. Vote ``no'' on this piecemeal approach.
