On the recordMarch 12, 2014
I heard my friend from Tennessee talk about revisionist history, and yet he has also talked about the Republicans shutting down the government. So that we get this accurate, the truth is this body here proposed and passed three different compromises. One was going to suspend ObamaCare for a year. The Senate would not even take that up; they wanted a shutdown. Then we sent down a bill we passed from here that would actually just suspend the individual mandate--that the President has done unconstitutionally and unilaterally for Big Business. Then when that didn't work, we passed a bill that said: Look, here's our conferees; you appoint yours; we will have a deal worked out by morning. Harry Reid wanted the Congress and all of the Federal Government shut down, and so he did nothing. So, we know who shut things down, but I want to read a quote: These last few years we have seen an unacceptable abuse of power at home. We've paid a heavy price by having a President whose priority is expanding his own power. The Constitution is treated like a nuisance. Barack Obama said that, and he could not be more right as to classification of his own conduct.
