On the recordOctober 5, 2013
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I do not oppose this resolution--it sounds sensible going forward-- but I do want to raise a couple of process issues. We found out about this--I found out about this--20 minutes ago. I think it is just emblematic of how much this body has broken down. We have to talk to each other. I don't have an objection to this. I've got staff; the Armed Services Committee has a staff. We work together. We have worked together on the Armed Services Committee better than any other committee in this Congress. I will grant you that that isn't saying much, but we have. We just simply have to talk to each other. Why would they spring this on us at the last minute and not have a communication about it? It is not something we object to. Getting past this individual issue, it is emblematic of the entire problem. The Republicans are complaining because the Senate isn't talking to them and the President isn't talking to them about the CR and the debt ceiling. There are reasons for that. But we have reached an epidemic of not talking to each other. On something as small as this we can't even have a communication.
