John Culberson: “I think it's important for the country to know that the House of Representatives has done its job in passing the most…”

“I think it's important for the country to know that the House of Representatives has done its job in passing the most important appropriations bills to make sure that our military is fully funded, that our veterans are taken care of, that the essential functions of Homeland Security are taken care of. In fact, we passed those bills. The Defense bill out of the House on July 24, the Homeland Security bill was passed on June 6, and the Military Construction and Veterans appropriations bill was passed on June 4. We've also passed out of the House the Energy and Water appropriations bill. And the Senate has been sitting on these bills for over 90 days. Mr. Speaker, the President has very few responsibilities set out in the Constitution. One of those specific responsibilities is Commander- in-Chief. And it's been reported that the President recently said that the troops in the field might not be paid unless the CR was passed. Well, the Senate has had these bills for over 90 days. And I think it does not--how does that reflect on the Office of the President, for the Commander-in-Chief to say that the troops are not going to be paid, when, in fact, we've already passed the legislation out of the House-- and the Senate's been sitting on it for over 90 days--to make sure the troops are paid?…”