Marcy Kaptur: “I looked at my dictionary, Webster's dictionary, before I came down here this evening and saw that it defines anarchy as…”

“I looked at my dictionary, Webster's dictionary, before I came down here this evening and saw that it defines anarchy as the absence of government; a state of political disorder. Well, folks, that is where we are tonight, and I was reminded of that even more when someone from the other body, from Texas, who aspires to the highest office in this land, appeared on the David Brinkley show last Sunday. For those of my colleagues who may have missed it, that individual taunted the audience with this question about the Government shutdown. He said, ``Have you missed the Government? I mean, doesn't it strike you as funny that 280,000 Government employees are furloughed and large segments of the Government of the United States are shut down?'' Well, let me give that fellow from Texas a heavy dose of reality. I hate to burst his bubble, but I have a list here of residents of the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio who would respectfully beg to differ with him. As a matter of fact, no, it does not strike them as funny that much of our Government is shut down.”