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Louie Gohmert: There doesn't seem to be much question at all. Having tried many cases as a lawyer, judge, and chief justice, the…

On the recordOctober 2, 2013
There doesn't seem to be much question at all. Having tried many cases as a lawyer, judge, and chief justice, the evidence is clear. We sent four things, the last of which was saying, Okay, we're appointing negotiators. You don't agree with any of the compromises we've sent, all you have to do now is appoint negotiators, conferees, and we'll work it out this evening and it will all be done. They refused to even appoint people to negotiate and get it worked out during the night. That tells you pretty clearly they wanted a shutdown for 3 years now, since the Republicans won the House back in November of 2010. {time} 2130 We have heard them talking about, gee, if there is a shutdown they always blame the Republicans and we can get the majority back. But I would ask the gentleman the question that was asked to the Senate Democratic leader today, when a CNN reporter, Dana Bash, said: ``But if you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn't you do it?'' And Mr. Reid said: ``Why would we want to do that? I have 1,100 people at Nellis Air Force Base that are sitting home. They have a few problems of their own. This is--to have someone of your intelligence to suggest such a thing maybe means you're irresponsible and reckless.'' She said: ``I'm just asking a question.'' Just asking the original question: ``You all talked about children with cancer unable to go to clinical trials. The House is presumably going to pass a bill that funds at least the NIH.…
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Louie Gohmert
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Oct 2, 2013

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