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Louie Gohmert: Reclaiming my time just momentarily, it is also worth noting that here in the House we have actually had numerous…

On the recordOctober 9, 2013
Reclaiming my time just momentarily, it is also worth noting that here in the House we have actually had numerous Democrats vote with us. So the only really bipartisan thing that has been going on in this whole Capitol are our bills to fund certain parts of the government. I yield to my friend. Mr. LaMALFA. Yes, thank you. Yes, we have had unanimous votes go off this floor with nearly 200 Democrats joining us on two of the pieces of legislation, and anywhere from 25 to 35 to 40 on many of the other pieces that have gone out. So it has been a bipartisan effort. I think both sides of the aisle see this is really a nonpartisan issue on these issues we are working on. And so why do they have to rest on Senator Reid's desk over on the Senate side? Why do we get threats of vetoes from the White House when we find agreement? We would find agreement on almost the entire CR if we got that one provision there, where even some of the Senators themselves, and now we are seeing it in the press where, I think you mentioned Wolf Blitzer has now joined with Senator Manchin as well as Senator Baucus in thinking the Obama health care take over is a train wreck, that we are seeing a pretty diverse group of people saying, you know, a 1-year delay would not be an unreasonable thing. As we have seen the exchanges rolling out, they are not working very well.…
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Louie Gohmert
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Oct 9, 2013

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