Peter Welch: “They are using debt default and government shutdown as a tactic to get their way on an issue of concern to some of them.…”

“They are using debt default and government shutdown as a tactic to get their way on an issue of concern to some of them. I admire Speaker Boehner that he put the country first and he put the House first in not letting this government be shut down over a real dispute on Planned Parenthood funding. But we have got to get past this, and the Republican majority has to make a decision whether it is going to govern or it is going to empower those who believe that default and shutdown are legitimate tactics to resolve legitimate debates that we have among us. Mr. Speaker, we cannot now--we cannot ever--default on our obligations and our commitment to the American taxpayer to be fiscally responsible by paying our bills.”