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On the recordOctober 5, 2013
Mr. Speaker, just as Mr. Doggett has said as to the absurdity, I'm not sure if this is Joseph Heller or if it's Fellini. The Tea Party Republicans came here because they were concerned about the debt. The debt, Mr. Speaker, was caused by Reagan and Bush. Look at the records. Reagan and Bush caused the debt. Now they've shut down their government like an arsonist sets a fire, and they're coming around, acting like they're firefighters who are trying to rescue the children who they didn't realize were in the building and who couldn't get help from the NIH for their cancer treatments and the veterans they're going to rescue who couldn't go to the memorials and the Federal workers who aren't getting paid. It is like a Fellini movie. There is apparently a wall between the Tea Party Republicans and the mainstream Republicans, who would like to move this country forward. Mr. Speaker, tear down that wall. ____________________
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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