Louie Gohmert: “We are here because the last Congress did not do its job and for the first time since 1974 didn't have a budget. So…”

“We are here because the last Congress did not do its job and for the first time since 1974 didn't have a budget. So we're having to do last year's work in addition to this year's work. And in the meantime, we look around at who is actually being hurt. And there were many of us that were inquiring over the last month, all right, if there is a shutdown, is the military going to be paid? Well, we find out the military is essential, the military will be working in the event there is a shutdown. But then as recent as last week, we find out they definitely will not be paid until after a shutdown is over. They will get paid for sure, but it will be after a shutdown. But they will be working. In talking to many people on active duty, I find that things haven't changed a great deal since 30 years ago when I was in the Army. There are lots of people in our military that are having to live paycheck to paycheck. They don't get paid all that much. But they are standing between us and harm to this Nation, even its very existence. There are those who want to take this out. At the end of last week, Congressman Jack Kingston, John Carter, Steve King, Michele Bachmann, a number of people involved, we wanted to ensure that if the Democrats say we don't care--for example, gee, providing Federal tax dollars to fund abortion in the District of Columbia is more important than anything else.…”