the medical devices taxed that would have gone toward supporting the health care law, as well as the a separate measure to make sure soldiers and others involved with military work are paid in the event that the government shuts down. we want to hear what you think of the capital, congress funding the government. the numbers are up on the screen. you can also send us a tweet at #cspanchat. alabama. democrat line. go ahead. caller: yes. i wanted to comment on the meeting that just broke up. about stoppingg this bill, this law.

i'm not sure that they really realize that more people are going to be hurt by this, especially seniors who do not fall in that doughnut hole anymore. i fell in that with my husband who is terminally ill. because we fell in that doughnut hole, a one-month, we had to come up with $2000 for his medication to keep him alive. if we had the bill in play, i would not have had to come up with that money. you can imagine that $2000 out .f one month's income yes, it was december. , january, we would have gotten a new start, but he had to have his medication. we had to let something else go, like the house payment of the car payment. i wanted to put that out there. >> thank you.

we go to maryland. independent line. caller: hi. i'm from baltimore. i'm really upset. shuts downrnment september 30, how will i pay for my bills? it is not fair to us that they are cutting everything, cutting my medical. i just got papers the other day. they are cutting my transportation and over-the- counter medicine. it is not fair to us. margaret incall is west virginia. democrat line. caller: hi. i'm calling out of frustration. i cannot get over the cruelty of the members of congress that last about a redline. it has kept us from going into a war. why do they have to be cruel?

government shutdowns have never occurred under a democratic majority. they never occurred. for thes have hearts down and out. i'm broken hearted. hearted that these people do not understand there are millions of people in our country who do not have proper medical care. that theyappointed took their politics and their hatred for this president above the good of the poor in this country. i do not want to bring i haveanity in this, but to. i'm a christian. i be the bible. jesus said whatever you do, you do it unto me.

whatever you don't do, you have done it unto me. thank you to c-span for the opportunity for me to share my voice. i have called members of congress. they will not listen if they are not in your party. thank you for giving me the opportunity to express my feelings. >> thank you. during the rules committee we saw, we will show parts of it as we take your phone calls. the president issued a statement. billid if you presented a as a house wants to amend it, he would be to that bill. funding for the government running out monday at midnight. -- he would veto that bill. funding for the government running out monday at night. tommy what you're saying on capitol hill. -- tell me what you are seeing on capitol hill. caller: the previous caller says

she is a christian. so in my. i am conscious of what is going on. the bill was passed with only one party in power -- the house and the senate. nancy pelosi said we will read it after it is passed. since then, 17 changes have been made by the president to the bill. if the president can adjust and make changes as according to his will, why can't congress make changes when they see things are not working? i believe they should have started with people who do not have any health care to begin with. that should have been the first part of the health care bill. then ijust others is -- just others instead of jamming everyone. insteadaddress others of jamming everyone.

be shouldn't everyone joining the health care plan? why should it just be individuals? breakations are getting a . small businesses are crying for a break. unions are crying for a break. red line has been crossed so many times. if you go to other nations, our president is a joke. thisare making a joke of president. what kind of leadership is this? you.ank we could be hearing something seen from the democratic caucus. they had a news conference planned. we will take you there as soon as they appear at the capitol visitor center.

independent line. what do you think has been going on in capitol hill? caller: good evening. the so-called obamacare bill was passed by congress and signed into law by the president before a group of rogue republicans tried to defund it is equal to me as committing treason. if the government does close down, the first people who should not be receiving any funding is congress. it is a sad day in america that we are having to deal with issues that will negatively affect the poor and the young and the old. republicans need to search their souls and their conscience and be humanitarians.

line.an on the democrat maryland. right outside d.c. caller: yes. thank you for letting me speak tonight. thank you to ruth. i am a democrat. thank you for objectivity that truly the republicans and democrats -- many women are behind the fact that we want health care passed. we wanted to serve people in the united states. it is a priority for both parties that women are very interested in this aspect. i want to get an account acknowledgment. if we shut government down, homeland security and the veterans will be directly affect it by the government shutdown. they will not be immune. there will be directly affected.

also, think of the children of dead veterans that have fought in our wars and the security will definitely be affected by the fact that social security would be shut down. they cannot say the military -- especially the children of the military that had parents killed in these wars -- will not be directly affected. thank you. thene of the aspects of work the house is doing in the rules committee would add a bill that would be watching out for that military. if the government does shut down on monday, payments for people who work in the military, contract others would not be affected asked contractors when not be affected. house republican leadership issued a statement. he talked about the fact that the american people do not want

a government shutdown and they do not want obamacare. that is i later today, the house will vote on two amendments to the senate passed containing resolution that will keep the and stop theen president's health care law as much as possible. we will do our job and in this bill over and that it is up to the senate to pass it and stop a government shutdown. reid'sead' -- harry response -- will reject any republican attempt to force changes to the affordable care act to a mandatory government funding bill or the debt ceiling. mary in newport. republican line. caller: i am so embarrassed and sick of the tea party. i'm a republican. i'm tired of the tea party controlling everything. republicans are not having an open mind on things.

to see them acting the way they are now and not carried about the people who do not have insurance, if they stop the government, it will affect everything. my has-been is a veteran. my grandson is a diabetic and cannot -- my husband is a veteran. my grandson is a diabetic and cannot get health insurance. >> what are your hopes for what will happen on monday? caller: i hope government will continue. pass the health care law. >> virginia. independent line. yeah, i'm speaking on behalf of myself. i am disabled. that is because i could not get affordable health care because of a pre-existing condition and

hereditary heart disease. affordable care act would have saved me from losing my business, home, family, all my sessions. i lived in a trailer for many years. life.a republican all my physically, conservative. a little bit on the liberal side. i did go to college, so i do not leave the earth is flat. thank you. >> the next call is coming to us from texas. republican line. earn down your tv a little bit -- turned on your tv a little bit. citizeni'm a senior living on social security. i'm a republican. tired of harry reid holding

us hostage because they will not hear everything. they have got a one-sided thing. they will not negotiate. they are for shutting the government down. thank you. been in montana on the democrat line. go ahead. caller: hello. >> hi. in the hearing the republicans laughed about the red line drug. they think it is dramatic. line joke. they think it is dramatic. i think his style has been much more effective than bush's wars. iswhat do think the red line

here? the veto? will they shut down as of monday night? caller: unfortunately, i believe that he will veto it and it will shut down. i cannot see him giving in to this terrorist bomb tactic by the republicans. tea party movement. >> tennessee, independent line. caller: how you doing? >> good. go ahead. some independents are really -- i'm kind of split two ways. i think obamacare it needs to be shut down. 6% of our economy is going to wreak. people need to wake up and smell the coffee. and they are young'uns

,epresentatives and senators you better wake up and smell the coffee. ugly. to be this idiots in the white house and the senate, i hope they wake up. that is all have got to say. >> thank you. we have got live calls. we have not been able to get to all the phone calls. we have a facebook question on our facebook page. -- who ison responsible for the current fiscal stalemate in washington? -- righte looking for now, almost 2000 people weighing in on facebook. we take a look back at what rules committee did in the house tonight. this is ahead of what we expect will be that house democrats

coming out to let us know what they have been working on and where they think things are heading. >> the rules committee will be in order. thank you for joining us this evening. thank you for being here as the twos committee considers very important pieces of legislation we will consider. will allow the house to consider the senate amendment.

this is in an effort to avoid a government shutdown. secondly, this role will provide hr-3210,deration of which is designed to ensure our nation's military, including the many women who protect america, continue to receive paychecks in the event the senate does not adopt necessary cr, and would force our government into a shutdown. i want to thing only the -- thank the gentleman, and the gentleman from -- the gentleman from new york work together on this important effort, and to be here this evening. i'm delighted both of you are here. i could say i would like to yield time. >> i do not have any statement at this time. >> thank you. we recognize that every minute we take now delays us getting to the floor to be heard. father conroy is here.

we have some divine intervention. if you choose to pray for notre dame also, we would completely understand that. [laughter] the gentleman from oklahoma was enjoying the game too much. we welcome both of you and thank you for your time without objection. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you for hearing us. >> we are going to have people that closer to you. >> we are here to seek an appropriate role to provide for the consideration by the house, response the senate amendment to a shaver is 59 -- hj president 59.

we face a very short deadline. with the amendments that are proposed, we will need to send the bill back to the senate for approval. we have only three legislative days to get this to the president. for his signature. to avoid a government shutdown. i do not need to remind you of the terrible setbacks that a government shutdown would do for the country. the american people seem to be speaking to us. they do not want a government shutdown. it would hamper economic growth and put national security in jeopardy. it was set up to our people that the governing bodies do not have the best interest at heart. who would rather play politics than do the job we were sent

here to do. the base provisions of this will remain similar to the version the house passed. the funding level is maintained of the current oc quest race in level of $986 billion. the senate made only a few minor noncontroversial tweaks to the underlying legislation. i am proposing an amendment to the senate amendment that makes three changes. the end date would be changed back to what we sent to the senate. december 15. i have been flexible on the length of the cr. a later date will provide us the additional time should we need it to reach an agreement on the overall discretionary number, and complete the regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 14 once we get that number,

it will be able to work out the details of the 12 appropriations bills, and then in turn do the same work with the other body. that is going to take some time. therefore, december 15 is a more realistic number. my mimicked would also make a technical change to one of the anomalies for the eisenhower commission. added by the senate, that change will simply allow the current status of the project to be maintained. lastly, my amendment would add a new anomaly to extend the authority for the united states to issue special immigrant

visas. this authority is necessary to ensure these is continue for a iraqis who assisted during the war who put their lives in the line to do so. i believe the house can readily accept these changes and pass the bill to provide good governance and keep the lights on in our government as we continue to work towards a solution. the immediate future of this country is on the line here. i hope my colleagues in the house and the senate recognize and realize the gravity of the situation we're in, and act accordingly. while i believe that continuing resolution is not the proper way to fund the government, it is absolutely necessary in a situation we are in that we passed this legislation today. thank you. >> thank you very much.

your testimony is clear to me. i appreciate the simplicity by which you added the other amendments. gentlewoman from new york is recognized. >> thank you. i will oppose the latest version of the continuing resolution, which borders on the ridiculous to me. i testified chairman rogers and i would have to come back when we were faced with another crisis. once again, here we are, discussing yet another unworkable republican bill that pushes us closer to a completely avoidable and necessary shutdown. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know full well the president will never sign a continuing resolution with extraneous provisions, tempting

to roll back the affordable care act. it was passed by the house and senate. signed by the president, and upheld by the supreme court. undermining the implementation of the aca gives our medical choices back to the insurance companies, and keeps health insurance costs too high for too many families. every member of this body knows where this is headed. they all heard the majority leader say these aca writers are dead on arrival. this is neither the time nor the place to relitigate health care reform.

we are two days away from a government shutdown. it injects uncertainty into an economy just getting back on its feet. my republican colleagues unfortunately are playing with fire. the bill before us is a waste of valuable time we should be using to reach bipartisan solutions to sustain economic recovery and put more americans to work. finally, the house majority intends to vote on a separate bill, ensuring our troops are paid in the event of a government shutdown. as the new york times said today, this is an admission the outcome is all but sealed. if republicans really do not want a shutdown, they wouldn't be putting up a bill to avert one of the most politically damaging results.

as you know, my colleagues were close together and i bipartisan way. we were hoping that we could complete our work, complete all 12 bills, work with the senate, with a number that is agreeable. that is what conferences are all about. unfortunately, we are here today. i really urge my colleagues to stop this madness by rejecting this version of the continuing resolution. we already know we need to act responsibly and immediately pass a clean cr to keep the government functioning. i yield back. >> thank you very much. there are many things that the committee normally would engage you on if this were a monday or tuesday and we had time. i want to thank both of you equally for not only representing the minority

leader, but mr. rogers. i want to thank both of you. the fire will take place as soon as we get done for. -- done here. i want to thank you for being here. i have no questions. >> thank you very much. i think our -- i think our colleagues for being here. i have no questions. >> thank you. i have a lot of respect for both of you. what we are here for, we know exactly what is going to happen here.

a vote for this rule is a government shutdown. there is no two ways about it. i would like to give the administration unanimous consent. the ministration strongly opposes the house amendment. making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 -- the senate acted on a responsible manner to maintain government functions and avoid a government shutdown. rather than taking up that legislation, the house threatens the nation's economy by including measures that have no place in the government funding bill. house republicans are pushing the government towards a shutdown. the house of representatives should pass the senate bill brady senate continuing resolution provides a short-term

bridge to allow critical government funding. -- and preserves funding for critical national priorities, protects national security, makes investments to spur economic growth, and if the president was presented with this, he would veto the bill. those of us will live through a government shutdown know the pain and anguish they cause. a lot of pain and anguish has been caused. believe me, you haven't seen anything yet. i yield back. >> mr. bishop?

>> thank you. i asked about additional money for fire suppression. you have done a good job. i appreciate it very much. i do not think there is anything i could say or ask that could not be done on the floor and should not be done on the floor. i yield back. >> mr. mcgovern? >> i want to thank you both for being here. it is hard for me to believe that we are meeting at this late hour with two and a half days left before there is a government shutdown, considering that the bill will surely lead to a shutdown. as the ranking member just read, the administration statement of policy, it is not a recommendation of veto, but an absolute veto. the senate majority leader has made his views clear. this is not going anywhere in the senate. even senator john mccain basically said that this is a bad idea that is going nowhere in the senate and made the point that elections do have consequences.

he may be sympathetic to what of the republican and tea party wing are trying to do here , but the bottom line is the votes are not there. keeping our government running is too big of a deal to play this gamesmanship. if any of these policies -- not the amendment that you mentioned, mr. rogers, which i ,hink we all have support for but the other amendments regarding the affordable care act in the defunding of the it woulde care act -- have serious consequences for people right now who are anticipating to get health care. and you areears old able to get on your parents insurance if you need to. if this thing were to become the law of the land on tuesday, you turn 19 years old, you would not be able to do that anymore. among other things.

so, this is, to me, the wrong thing to do, but i was kind of hoping that the grownups in the republican conference would prevail and we would not be here. we would be doing a clean cr. i guess that is not the case. i again thank you for being here. we will see you on the floor in a little while. >> with the gentleman yield? -- would the gentleman yield? >> use of the president has threatened to veto the bill. >> he hasn't threatened. he said he will veto. >> he has drawn a red line? [laughter] you know what? >> i think he is very serious about this. it is not just about him. it is about a lot of people who are entitled to health care in this country who are now in jeopardy of not getting it if this were to prevail. i think the gentleman for yielding. >> the gentleman from oklahoma,

chairman:? >> normally i would wax eloquent about our two wonderful friends, but we will say a lot on the floor. i will yield back my time. >> judge hastings? the gentleman has no questions. mr. woodall? >> i think there is a lot of confusion about what this, what the language will or won't do. i look forward to what we say on the floor. i think you both for being here. by the way, we meant to say publicly, but we didn't come at the end of the meeting, we welcome you back after a very tumultuous time that i know you have had and many people in colorado. our expectations of your colleague's supported materialize. we held vigil for you while you are busy. we wish you the very best and

are delighted that you are not. chair.ank you, mr. i think so many members of the committee for reaching out during the time of floods. i have a quick question on that. chairman, mr. rogers, was kind enough to do a colloquy with mr. gardner with regard to do cap on state aid for transportation assistance. i want to thank him for doing so. i want to inquire what the path forward is either in the cr, since it was only presented to us now -- maybe you can let us know whether it is in here or not, and if not, what the path forward is for lifting the state cap on the transportation emergency funds. >> let me add it to the chairman's comments. the terrible ordeal you are going through in colorado -- we checked on it immediately.

eligible, the state is for fema disaster money, especially for debris removal. funddisaster relief currently has a balance of $9.1 billion. this cr will provide an additional $7 billion for fiscal year 2014. there's plenty of money in that section ofer that destruction. forstate is also eligible $153 million in map 21's emergency program for highways and $100 million in the sandy supplemental for the same program. mentioned, representative gardner introduced the bill, which would expand colorado's eligibility to receive reduce the appropriate a dollars for highway reconstruction. -- that billaiting

is awaiting consideration in the house. we have been pleased to work with him. he has been a bulldog and pushing that legislation. legislation. that we will continue to work with you. we will try to answer any questions you have along the way. we want to help. >> thank you. to clarify for my colleagues, this is not an additional appropriation that is needed for colorado. there is money in the fund. it is simply the lifting of a policy cap on the first aid. it would still only cover a percentage of the damage to the infrastructure, extensive infrastructure of roads. i have also have also had the opportunity to speak to the ranking member about raising that cap, but i wanted to give her the opportunity to see if she has any suggestions about how we can move forward on doing that as well. >> let me just say, mr. chairman, if i may, that these are the kinds of terrible

that have caused so much suffering, so much loss of life. we have talked about oil spills, millions and millions of dollars more for repairs. for my careersons in congress, where i have been proud to serve on the appropriations committee -- our committee was very helpful in responding to sandy in new york. i'm glad that together we have been able to work to provide a partnership for all the hard- working people in colorado who are still suffering and doing their own work to try to repair. of hownother example important our government is and how important is appropriations committee is. we have a role to play in emergency situations which will

continue. >> i think the chairman, mr. rogers, for his colloquy with mr. garner on the matter. we look forward to hopefully getting this into some piece of legislation that reaches the president's desk, whether it is a must have piece of legislation like the cr, or a standalone. i would implore both the chair and ranking member that there is some urgency with regard to this as we revealed our infrastructure -- rebuild our infrastructure. i yield back. >> thank you very much. we recognize the plight that you are under, especially with the time element, and colorado. -- in colorado. >> mr. nugent? >> i just want to concur with my very good friend from georgia, mr. woodall. looking forward to the debate on the floor, not only on the rule,

but also the legislation -- i think we have an opportunity to then clarify some things that may be mistaken. i want to thank you so very much. >> the gentleman from orlando, florida. no questions? the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess. no questions from the gentleman. >> thank you very much. we appreciate you taking the time. you are not excused. we look forward to seeing you in a few minutes on the or. thank you -- on the floor. thank you very much for it -- very much. we now will welcome the second panel, and it appears as though we have four members of congress that i believe are prepared. one, the gentleman from texas, mr. gomer, who was here first. hmert, who was here first.

then the gentleman from florida, mrs. washington shall. schultz.rman- debbie, rosa -- i'm sorry. louie is good as the man in the middle. i did not mean to suggest that you are going to -- i thought you were here to testify, but i'm delighted for each of you who have taken the time to be before the rules committee this afternoon. if anyone has anything in writing that they would like to have entered into the record, without objection, that will be done so. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, it is my understanding that the committee is considering an amendment to the senate-past continuing resolution. that will all but ensure a government shutdown. my view, we do not have time for

this sort of recklessness. despite my reservations regarding the deep cuts that are contained in the senate-past continuing resolution, the majority once again is trying to use the budget process to take the government hostage unless we ofay the central provisions the affordable care act. because of the act, americans with pre-existing conditions finally have coverage. women's health is finally on an equal footing. i understand that as part of this proposal it would strike down the preventative services provided for women for the first time. is finallyn's health on an equal footing in the affordable care act. maternity and pediatric care is covered. the doughnut hole is closing for seniors. young people can stay on their parents plan. it empowers patients, doctors, and puts them, not the insurers, back at the center of care. we all know and have experienced

insurance companies who have said, sorry, pre-existing condition, you, your kid, cancer treatment, you have reached your limit. no lifetime limits. no annual cap script quality health insurance is at last affordable for more american families. the amendment under consideration seeks to roll that back. let me address, if i may, the funding cuts contained in the underlining resolution. ofill remind the committee both the nonpartisan congressional budget office and the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke warning us earlier in the year that the automatic cuts could cost as many as 750,000 alone. 2013 now it would appear the majority wants to make the cuts permanent , regardless of job loss, damage to the economy, or harm to working families across the country. even the chairman of the appropriations committee was just here, and i quote --

"sequestration and it's unrealistic and ill-conceived discretionary cuts must be brought to an end. up this resolution does exactly the opposite. it aims to make these dangerous cuts permanent and to make them the ceiling for any future budget negotiations. because of the deep cuts enshrined, over 57,000 children lose access to early learning through headstart. these children will never get that opportunity back. it doesn't come back. the biomedical research that curtailed, is being delayed, or lost. this is a particular concern to me because i am a cancer survivor. i amthe grace of god, alive today. i am here to testify. why we would want to see the deep cuts in the national institute of health and others of our jewels and health care curtailed -- how many lives would we put at risk? support of instructional

services are being sharply reduced for over one million of our most disadvantaged kids and even the one in five currently live in poverty. hundreds of thousands unemployed adults losing access to job training programs. low-income seniors lose out on 5 million congregants and home delivered mail, even the 15% of seniors are going hungry in america. mental-health programs are being gutted, and the list goes on. the majority, it appears to me, likes to pretend that these priorities have not already been cut, but they have been cut deeply. with this funding level, adjusted for inflation and population growth, the labor, health, and education program -- i served as ranking member on the committee -- those programs -- >> we believe this and take you live to the house floor. the houses coming in to vote on the rules for changes to this senate-passedhe bill.

joint resolution 69, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. and providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3210, making continuing appropriations for military payed in the event of a government shutdown -- pay in the event of a government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: mr. speaker, by direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 366 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 61, house resolution 366, resolved that upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to take from the speaker's table the joint resolution, house joint resolution 59, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. with the senate amendment thereto and to consider in the house without intervention of any point of order a motion

offered by the chair of the committee on appropriations or his designee, that the house concur in the senate amendment with each of the two amendments printed in the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. the senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. the motion shall be debatable for one hour equally guided -- divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption, without intervening motion or demand r division of the question except that the question of adoption of the motion shall be divided between the two house amendments. section 2, upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 3210, making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a government shutdown. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the bill shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the

bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion expect, one, 40 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations and, two, one motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one hour. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much for the purpose -- thank you very much. for the purpose of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from, the ranking member, ms. slaughter, pendsing which time i yield myself such time as i may consume. this is for debate only. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: house resolution 366 provides for consideration of the senate amendment to h.j.res. 59, the continuing appropriations act for fiscal year 2014, and a closed rule for consideration of h.r. 3210,

the pay our military act of 2013. mr. speaker,ed a midnight on monday, just two days from now, the federal government will shut down if congress does not act to provide the necessary appropriations. the legislation before us today will ensure that a shutdown does not happen. and if adopted the house amendments would make important teps to ensure that obamacare, the affordable care act that president obama and every democrat voted for, does not have the opportunity to hurt american jobs and drag down our economy. the first of these three amendments would repeal the medical device tax included in obamacare. this medical device tax is also known as the -- what might be the tax that will harm not only the creation of investment but also the products of medical devices, including pacemakers and other medical products that

keep america's health care leading-edge. this medical device industry provides our nation with innovative heament care services, as well as much-needed jobs for many, many hardworking americans. the obamacare's onerous medical device tax, what we also call the pacemaker tax, is already causing job loss in this industry. and negatively impacting innovation of new and other life-saving devices. i would like to insert into the record a letter from a gentleman from dallas, texas, r. wallet human, c.e.o. of ostomed, who came to my office over a year ago in june of 2012 and he spoke with me about how innovative medical devices clearly help not only americans but doctors perform very difficult and leading-edge surgeries. and i will tell you that mr.

human spoke very clearly about how this onerous tax would literally tax the production, not the sale, but the production of medical devices to an industry that needs more and more innovation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sessions: thank you very much. that clearly explains the damaging effects that this has on american businesses. in his letter, mr. speaker, it clearly outlines how it harms not only his company, but the industry as a whole. the second amendment would delay all aspects of obamacare for one year. this proposal is an important step to prevent the costly job-killing regulations contained in president obama's health care plan from becoming an unfortunate reality. the president has already delayed several pieces of the law and just as he begins to see how ill-conceived this is and unworkable his plan is,

it's time for us to stop it dead in its tracks. so much for the hundreds of waivers that he has issued. so much for him delaying to his friends in business. so much for him delaying the pieces that he wants to, knowing that the harm will be on individuals all across america. it makes sense to delay the year, in an a effort to protect american families from paying higher health care premiums and having fewer options. this is important and the republican party is on the floor of the house of representatives today on behalf of taxpayers and what we believe is about 60% of americans who are opposed to this bill becoming -- working, starting october 1. so, that's why we're here. finally, this rule provides for consideration of h.r. 3210, the pair are pay our military act -- the pay our military act. this important piece of

legislation is designed to ensure that our nation's mill tary -- men and women in the military can continue to receive their paychecks in the event that the senate does not adopt a responsible c.r. and forces our government into a shutdown. our nation's military puts their lives on the line and they have throughout the history of our country. they were engaged in combat operations as we go to sleep tonight, they are protecting this great nation. and the services that the men and women of the military provide to the united states of america should be aided and helped and we should make sure that we do not stop the pay to the men and women of the united states military. in the event of a government shutdown, this body should take the necessary measures to ensure that our service men and women continue to be compensated for their services. so, mr. speaker, we have finished a rules committee meeting upstairs. we spoke about this, the

impacts, a committee hearing that allowed mrs. lowey on behalf of the minority and mr. hal rogers, our appropriations chairman, to talk about the important part of what we're trying to do today. so i urge my colleagues to vote yes on the rule and yes on the underlying legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank my colleague and gentleman for yielding me the customary 30 minutes and yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. slaughter: thank you. what we have before us today is not a solution, it's another attempt to undermine the affordable care act. as written, this dangerous proposal has no chance of becoming law, is not only a political nonstarter but a bad federal policy. according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, a repeal of the medical device tax alone would add $30 billion

to the federal deficit. however, finding a solution to the crisis before us may not be the majority's top priority. based upon news reports from earlier in the day, it seems that far from responsible governor, the majority's concerned with simply keeping the political house of cards from falling down. the headlines are republicanning fighting republicans, but this will unite us. now the majority's inability to find consensus within its own ranks is well known. it started almost as soon as they assumed power. as extremists within their own party refused to provide relief aid to victims of hurricane sandy for more than three months. divisions within the majority also led to the first-ever expiration of the violence against women act in over 20 years. most recently, a failure on the house floor to pass a bipartisan farm bill, which had

never happened before, the bill had been six years, five years, rather, in the making. and they couldn't get it done. unable to find consensus on even the most noncontroversial bills, the majority has held more than 41 votes on the one issue that unites them. the one issue that they all care is to try to kill the health care bill for americans. polls have shown that the american people want action on everything from strengthening gun laws to passing immigration reform. yet yesterday of addressing any of these issues, the majority has tried any way they can to repeal, defund, undermine, delay, whatever, the historic health care law, and remember that presidents, most of them, since the time of teddy roosevelt, have tried to achieve health care. frustration has reached a boiling point within the majority's ranks. republican senator john mccain has declared parts of his own party, quote, wacko birds,

unquote, and said, quote, many in this group didn't come to power to get things done, they came to power to keep things from getting done, end quote. well said, senator. by now the majority's well aware that a one-year delay in the affordable care act threatens access to secure and affordable health care for millions of americans. and that my democrat colleagues and i refuse to take away health care from american families just because the majority's unable and unwilling to find common ground and, oh, by the way, we've done nothing about the business of the house. we're doing this resolution in the first place because the appropriations bills were not dealt with. in fact, the whole process has changed here. what used to be the committee process and then go to rules and then go to the floor has changed. you just go directly to rules. and i'd sure like to see the old days come back. the fact of the matter is this bill will be dead on arrival once it's sent to the senate.

senator reid has made that abundantly clear all day long. for the majority to continue to bring it forward shows that today's proposal is nothing more than an attempt to seek political cover as the republicans shut the government down. today senator harry reid said, quote, the american people will not be extorted by the tea party anarchists. to be absolutely clear, the senate will reject both a one-year delay of the affordable care act and repeal of the medical device law. after weeks of futile political games, we are still at square one, end quote. as if this weren't enough, the process that has led us here has trampled upon the majority's promises of an open and transparent house. unlike the process that led to the package -- passage of the affordable care act, today's legislation was written behind closed doors, leaving out almost half of the members of the house of representatives,

the democrat party. there was absolutely no input at all from members of the minority and that is definitely unlike the health care act, which went through the full committee process. this afternoon the majority met in the basement of the capitol. after secretive closed-door meeting, they told us to take their legislation or leave it. mr. speaker, every single one of us is elected by our fellow citizens and told to do our part in building a this country. with a closed, secretive and partisan process that the mortgage -- that the majority has repeatedly pursued, they are shutting out half the chamber and half of our country from participating in the democratic process. in closing, the majority has every right to pursue their legislative priorities, no matter how misguided we may feel they are. but they do not have the right to take the nation hostage, nor threaten the full faith and

credit of the united states in order to get their way. let me be clear. a vote for this rule and a vote for this bill are affirmative votes for a government shutdown because everyone here knows there will be no adequate time for any more ping-ponging. i strongly urge my colleagues to vote no on the rule, the underlying legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves her time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. you know, i'm intrigued by the notion today that republicans were meeting secretly. in fact, we have had several meetings over the last few days and probably two or three today and the nature of that is to make sure that our members, some 233 republican members across this country, that republican leadership like myself is hearing from them. that we are moving together and

talking about the terrible and disastrous effects of obamacare and how we're going to work together. and some of the common themes that have been talked about in those meetings, as if we need to remind ourself, but i will cut in 16 billion was that obamacare bill and taken away from senior health care directly to obamacare. but we've also seen the real effects of obamacare as as we know that since obamacare has been passed, that there have been seven part-time jobs created for every one new full-time job. we are here on the floor of the house of representatives because our country is in trouble. a difficult time for americans back home, not just to find

work, but to keep work. we find that large companies, these large corporations that are talked about from time to time on this floor, especially by our friends, are moving people off the health care that they're on, because it makes sense to do it, but also because of the expense. we saw just in the last few eks, large companies, ups, walgreens, move their employees and make very, very difficult decisions and the reason is just like delta airlines, they announced obamacare would cost delta airlines would cost $100 million a year alone. these are destructive consequences. the republican party is on the floor because this law is going to start very quickly. october 1 and january 1, people

begin signing up october 1, and of course, what we have seen is the president very clearly over the last few years has given waivers to the people that he chose to give waivers to and then turn around let business off the hook but keeps the law on individuals. he keeps this law on individuals and it's causing chaos and panic and causing chaos like my family and others who have children to take care of, sometimes they are disabled children and we are seeing problems. we aren't sure in this mix who will be the doctor, will that be a doctor we have gone to in the past or a doctor we may see and another time we may not see. there is uncertainty, and this uncertainty has been driven to

what i believe has become reality. and the reality is if you look at a cbs and "new york times" poll showing a majority of americans disapprove of obamacare. and when majority of americans say this to cbs and "new york times," i think our colleagues, the democrats should listen. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for four minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, there is supposed to be an orderly, thoughtful process around here and just in case any of my colleagues were asleep in high school civics, let me go over this. the households hearings in committees and subcommittees, brings it to the floor, debates

it than the senate does the same thing. then the house and senate meet in the conference committee, agree to a final package, vote on that and send it to the president for him to sign or veto. does this sound vaguely familiar to my republican colleagues? so, instead, here we are, just a matter of days, hours, really, from a republican-caused government shutdown. here we are with another completely unnecessary, deeply motivated political crisis. my republican friends have made it clear they will not vote for a conning resolution unless it strips funding from the affordable health care act. mitt romney tried to make that same argument in the 2012 election and he lost, badly, by five million votes. republicans tried to argue against obamacare in the senate

elections, and they lost. and they tried to make the same arts in the house elections and lost by one million votes. thanks to redistricting, they were able to keep the majority. and now they are trying to use the narrow majority to undo the results of the 2012 election. guess what? it isn't going to happen. they don't have the votes. the numbers do not add up. the affordable care act is the law of the land. it has been in effect for two years and it's going to stay that way. if republicans don't like it, they can make their case to the american people in 2014. instead of facing that reality, the republican majority throws temper tantrum after temper tantrum and throw the economy into a tailspin. it's absurd and unfortunately it's hurting real people.

a republican shutdown would cost us more money, mr. speaker. the senate has act d. they passed a clean continuing resolution that keeps the government running until november 15. it keeps the republicans' beloved sequester that is not only reasonable but doing harm to our american economy. they would rather drive this economy off the cliff than make a reasonable compromise. they have a bill that includes two major changes, including one-year delay. senator reid has made it clear the senate will not consider these changes and clear that the republicans want to shut this government down. that's where we are. in closing, i would urge my republican friends, please don't do this. i have to believe that there are enough grown-ups who are willing

to stand up and say enough is enough. we should reject this rule and reject the underlying bill and get back to work. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. hastings: thank you for yielding the time. in the face of the president saying that he will veto any measure that seeks to defund obamacare, and in the face of the senate majority leader saying that he will accept nothing in the senate other than a clean, continuing resolution, i can't believe that my colleagues on the other side really believe that they are going to prevail and cause the

president with his signature legislation, to change his mind or change the senate majority leader. the senate doesn't come come back in until monday at 2:00. and the clock will run out. you say on the other side, that you don't want to shut the government done, and yet exactly what you are doing here this evening will do exactly that. it will shut the government down. there is a certain absurdity that carries throughout our history. i will commend that our echa agues read robert me mmp's book. and he commented about the majority needing to protect the minority, and he said, if you do

not that, this is in his inaugural address, you become an oppressor, you have one wing of our party that are strong and united and they are entitled to that particular undertaking, but all they are doing is hurting america. they are not helping anyone but themselves and the simple fact of the matter is, you let in your majority, you let a mob of 40 people, probably as many as 60, determine what democracy is going to look like for insurance for the rest of america. not l that mob ocracy, democracy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield to the gentleman from colorado.

mr. polis: what are we doing. this is the wealthiest, greatest free nation on the face of the earth and we are debating a republican proposal to close down our federal government. why are we doing this? i understand the majority of the people in this body don't like the affordable care act. i understand that. they voted on repealing it 4 times. that's very, very clear. however, we have a system of government established in our government, separation of powers, the supreme court has ruled. we have a senate that does not repeal it and we have a president who doesn't want to repeal. that's clear. it was not repeal the the. this house can pass it as many times as we want. when the house doesn't get its way, it wants to shut down the entire federal government just because they couldn't get the president, who was elected by people of this country or the

senate who was elected, to go along what this body wants, that's arrogant? that threatens to destroy wealth and value you-creation jobs. whether it is pharmaceutical companies, whether it's our troops overseas, whether it's our patent offices, the private sector and job creation engine of this country relies on the rules we set in the marketplace. that's what the capitalist system is founded upon sm the republican party, by shutting down the government just because everybody won't go along with what they want is threatening to destroy wealth and value you creation in this country, destroy jobs and threaten our place as a global leader. i urge my colleagues to vote no for the forward to vote

senate resolution and send it to the president. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: for every opportunity the republicans have o talk about how bad this bill is, but the american people don't see it yet. this president and this administration have given out over 1,200 waivers to people saying it's ok for you not to come underneath this law but not ok for the american people, individuals of this nation, the men and women who go to work every day and let's note, too, that we have a section of this bill that's about paying the military in case we do shut down. i would think that our colleagues on the other side of

this building would want to make sure that we pay members of our military, and they are important to this country. mr. speaker, i would like to yield four minutes to the distinguished young gentleman of the rules committee, the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for four minutes. mr. woodall: thank you, mr. chairman for yielding me the time and thank you for your leadership on the rules committee because when i signed up for the rules committee i knew i was going to get a listen in rhetoric. we have some long days and some long nights up there. but nine times out of 10, it's about things that matter, it's about substance and that's what it is about today, to talk about republican bill to shut down the government is nonsense. this is a bill to keep the

government open. it uses the exact same funding level that the senate sent back to us. i have colleagues on my side of the aisle who would like the funding level to be lower and if we could get the group together, we could do that here, but we didn't. this is the bill that brings the same funding level that the senate sent over to us. this bill empowers the government to continue to pay our men and women in uniform if by some outside chance our senate colleagues abdicate and can't pass a bill. we agree on that. i don't think there is a man or woman in this chamber that thinks that military can't agree. but that worry is in their hearts and plinds today. we have the opportunity to take it away and we should. in terms of bringing people together, mr. speaker, you know something else that's in this bill is the repeal of the

medical device tax. we talk about jobs bills. you have a medical device manufacturer, let them talk to you about the impact this tax is having on their business. it is killing jobs and destroying american leadership in this area. and this is not a divisive issue. we agree on this issue here. and our friends in the senate, mr. speaker, voted 79-20 in favor of this very same issue. . i understand folks are work out, mr. speaker. it's been a long weekend. it's been a long consume of -- couple of weeks. but the american people deserve to know the truth of what's going on and the truth is the passage of this rule and this underlying legislation keeps the doors of the government open, repeals the job-killing medical device tax that both the house and senate have said they wanted to repeal, protects

changes on the affordable care act that american families have come to depend on like keeping children on their policies. but eliminates all of the uncertainty of all of the broken portions of the affordable care act, all of the broken portions of obamacare, all of the portions that have already seen $1 -- 1,200 waivers and waivers again just yesterday. it doesn't ask to repeal it, mr. speaker. it asks to delay it for one year, for one year, so all the uncertainty that's happened can be explored. every member in this chamber has someone in their district who has lost their insurance policy, mr. speaker. everyone in this chamber has a person in their district who said, who heard from the president of the united states, if you like your insurance policy, you can keep it, and you know, every single one of you know, mr. speaker, that someone in your district has had that promise broken for

them. let's keep what's working, let's stop what's broken. let's come together, let's get this passed. we owe it to the american people. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlelady from ohio, ms. kaptur. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ohio is recognized for two minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank ranking member slaughter for yielding me the time. and it is clear that the republican majority is here tonight to begin the process of shutting down the government of the united states. how irresponsible, how counterproductive, and what a politically manufactured crisis. the uncertainty this behavior engenders across our nation, the on again, off again approach the majority is employing is not in the interest of economic growth or job creation, nor america's standing globally. speaker boehner said he would not bring a bill to the floor that hasn't been posted online

for at least 72 hours. well, it's obvious he and the house republicans won't keep their promise. in fact, this is the 34th time that legislation has been brought to the floor with less than 72 hours to read it. so we find ourselves on the brink of a government-wide shutdown. driven by a minority of the majority of just one house of congress. simply put, the republicans want to shut down the federal government because they're mad about the results of the 2012 elections. republicans are mad that the supreme court held that the affordable care act was constitutional. threatening a government shutdown because you don't get your way is not how we should be going about conducting the people's business. according to cbs news poll, 80% of americans say threatening a government shutdown during budget debates is not an acceptable way to negotiate. our entire country will be feakted by what is happening here -- affected by what is happening here. moody's analytics estimates

that a shutdown of three to four weeks would cut economic growth in half. why do this? when our economy is recovering? housing loans won't be made, small business loans, our national parks will be closed, life-saving research won't be conducted. why do this? why put the country through all this? previous government shutdowns in manufactured crisis have severe consequences. during the first 1995 shutdown, 800,000 workers were furloughed and during the debt ceiling fight in 2011, the dow jones industrial average tumbled 1,700 points or nearly 14%. let's stop the antics and govern, not shut down the government of the united states. i ask my colleagues to vote against this measure and support economic growth. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you. one of the most commonsense classes that we've ever had of new members of congress has arrived in washington and they're in their first year. and they're seeing some amazing things that are happening.

i'd like to yield two minutes to one of these new freshman, gentleman from north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. mr. pittenger: thank you, mr. speaker. let's talk about responsible tonight, mr. speaker -- responsibility tonight, mr. speaker. we get notices from our constituents of the last many weeks that their premiums now, they're getting their notices, they're going up. i had one doctor who wrote me, with his family it's gone up 200%. $11,000 deductible, yet he has to pay $1,100 a month. another friend called me, his premium is 250% more. so let's talk about responsibility. let's talk about what made america great in terms of health care. people come from all over the world to our shores for great health care. you know why, mr. speaker? innovation. america had the greatest health care in the world. yet innovation now is going to be curtailed. the great research hospitals of

this country now are having to cut back because they don't see that opportunity. we have changed the whole direction through centralized planning, through a great bureaucracy running health care, that's going to cut into innovation. it's not going to make us the country we were. you know, there was a time when we used to have to pay about $9,000 for laser surgery. today it's about $1,500. that's because of innovation. it's because of competition. we're going to lose competition in the market today, mr. speaker. that doesn't make sense. i would like to say a bit about this investment tax. 3.8%. i wonder how many people in the country right now are just waking up to the fact that when they go sell their home, they're going to pay another 3.8% tax, all that was written in that 2,000-page document, it's finally come to light. and that's why people are so concerned.

we have got to change this, mr. speaker. and that's why i want to advocate that we defer this for a whole year. let the truth come out and then let's make a wise decision for the american people. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is ecognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: many of us promised our constituents that we would come back here to washington and fight for them. i imagine that there are some families in america right now holding an 8-year-old or a 10-year-old, maybe a teenager with a pre-existing disease. maybe like the little girl that i heard about when we were debating the affordable care act, that had leukemia and time after time after time she was

rejected by insurance companies until she died. and so i ask the question early tonight, what is the morally right thing to do? and i want to announce what is going to happen tonight. let us be very clear. let us not be full of smoke and mirrors. tonight the republican majority will vote to shut the government down. i'll say it again. they will vote to shut the government down. and they will look that family in the eye and they will say that they're delaying the affordable care act, long approved, but they are actually destroying it and eliminating it. a delay is eliminating it. and they will stop the american people on october 1 from getting premiums between $100 and $130. they will stop seniors from being able to have help with their prescription part d, their prescription drugs, choosing dog food over their

prescription. they will stop preventative care, they will stop research for cancer and leukemia and heart disease and stroke. they will stop the preventive care nonpayments and they will also stop those young families from being able to have insurance. remember what i said. what is the morally right thing to do? is it morally right to be able to provide for the american people health care that they've never had? is it the morally right thing to shut down the government so that seniors trying to get medicare benefits will not have anybody to process them? or social security, or the disabled or down payment for homes for young families. i came here to stand for the american people. tonight you will witness the shutdown of the government, that is what the vote will be. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: you know, i would have to beg to differ with the gentlewoman. that's not what this bill is about.

and evidently the gentlewoman has not had time to read the bill. we are not debating shutting down the house. we're debating what's called a continuing resolution, mr. speaker. and so i would encourage her to please go and we'll help her with the rules committee and make sure she understands what the bill is about. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, a distinguished gentleman, congressman meadows. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for two minutes. med med thank you, mr. speaker. -- made made thank you, mr. speaker. i -- mr. meadows: thank you, mr. speaker fment i rise today to address some of the things that were just mentioned. we talk about a moral obligation. truly it is troubling to me to hear so much talk about, in terms of a moral obligation, when my state, the state of north carolina, is about to see the largest increase in insurance premium because of the affordable care act in the country. when we talk about 27-year-olds that can purchase insurance today, mr. speaker, for $35 a

month, and it goes to over $180 a month. what is morally right about that? i ask you, mr. speaker. we've talked a whole lot in this chamber about the fact that there was a vote taken, that a president was elected. and indeed we did elect a president, a mere nine months ago. but i want to remind you, mr. speaker, that i was also elected some nine months ago. and we did not elect a dictator. we elected a president. we did not have a vote that did not elect representatives. it is time that the representatives start representing the people that they were elected to uphold and protect. you know, we've heard a lot in this chamber this evening about the government. the government this, the government that, government -- when do we start focusing on

the people? because it is the people who are losing jobs. it's the people who can't keep their insurance. it's the people whose insurance premiums are going up. it's the people who are losing their jobs and being cut back on hours to get part-time. it is time that we stop acting like loyal subjects and start acting like the representatives that we were voted in to office to uphold. and represent the people of this great country. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. nadler: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, we are debating a continuing resolution, a budget, a budget deals with amounts that we appropriate. this budget represents great compromise. $450 billion less than the president first proposed. but we are told we cannot pass this continuing resolution, we cannot keep the government

open, unless we repeal or delay the affordable care act. an act which was fought over in the last presidential election. which was passed by both houses of congress, signed by the president, the president campaigned for re-election, saying he would implement it, the republicans said don't, the president and the democratic senate were re-elected. we think the affordable care act will help more americans get affordable health insurance. the republicans don't agree. so they should campaign on it in the next election. if they can get the votes, elect enough senators, etc., repeal it. but that's not what they're doing. they are blackmailing the country. they are saying they will shut down the government or worse, they'll destroy the full faith and credit of the united states in a few weeks if we don't repeal or delay obamacare. this is antidemocratic. it's like a 1930's gangster film. that's a nice government you've got there. that's a nice economy you've got there. pity it should blow itself up if you don't give them what they want. what if the senate said, we'll shut down the government,

unless both houses pass a strong gun control bill, or an immigration bill with a fast track to citizenship? the republicans would be greatly outraged, would be rightly outraged at that blackmail. that's what they are doing here today. the minority is blackmailing the majority of the country. this is subversive to democratic government. government by blackmail cannot be allowed to destroy the american form of government which is what this attempt represents. if we give in to this, then the minority can rule against the majority. if you want to repeal the affordable care act, elect a president, elect a majority of both houses and go do it. but we must not give in to this threat to democratic government and transform it into a different type of government. that's why we must pass the continuing resolution without these subversive amendments. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: mr. speaker, thank you very much. at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from bucks county, pennsylvania, congressman fitzpatrick. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: i thank the chairman for your leadership on this continuing resolution, which if adopted will guarantee that the government continues to operate. and i rise this evening in support of the rule and the repeal of the medical device tax, which is one of 20 unnecessary taxes used to fund the president's misguided health care law. we are home to exceptional medical device companies that are making a difference. this unique form of manufacturing is an area in which america excels. simply put, the medical device tax is a punitive gross receipts tax and hurts american businesses. it hurts high-skilled workers whose companies are put at risk and discourages innovators and drives up the cost of health care for americans.

dave in my district wrote to me, nationwide our industry employs 400,000 people and supports 2 million jobs. the tax will likely result in a loss of 43,000 of these high-paying, high-skilled american jobs, reducing innovation and preventing patients from receiving the medical devices that they need. tom is a c.e.o. of a medical group and wrote, this tax will force companies to go to other countries, resulting in the loss of jobs and all other taxes generated by those jobs. is edical device industry an industry with a strong manufacturing base. it would be disappointed to lose this base and the jobs associated with this industry. and jeffrey from bucks county said, medical technology is only one manufacturing sector that is

an exporter. it accounts for 40% of the global technology market and because the u.s.'s lead has shrunk in the last decade, this tax is a detrimental plow to help further shorten the gap. mr. speaker, these are real jobs. these are real concerns. and this tax has real consequence. the repeal of the tax is a real way to protect american workers and make sure americans have access to health care. this has widespread bipartisan support. 79 senators expressed support of the repeal. and i thank the chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes.

mr. pallone: mr. speaker, the republicans aren't kidding anyone tonight. they have the ability to take up the continuing resolution that was passed in the senate and if they pass it here tonight, it would go to the president and we would have a budget and the president would sign it and the government would not shut down. the government is going to shut down because they refuse to do it. they are shutting the government down because they want to debate the obamacare. this is the 44th time. it is a far crmp e. what is the debate? we had an election last november. the president campaigned on this. the republican opponents said they would repeal and the president won. they said there is a poll that american people don't like the obamacare. he says i have got all my constituents to say they don't

like it. i can bring all my constituents that are waiting for october 1 to sign up. why are we debating this tonight? we should not be debating the affordable care act for the 45th time. it's the obligation of those in the majority to govern, not to shut the government down. that is what they want to do. shut the government down. and says, that's ok, we are going to pay the military. i'm glad we are going to pay the military. what about the other functions that are involved? what about the support services and everything else that goes on with the military? that's going to shut down. don't give me this argument about how we are going to pay the military. they know that by taking this vote tonight they are getting closer and closer to a shutdown that they are responsible for because they refuse to accept the reality that the affordable care act is law. i'm not going to debate it.

i know it's a good law. that's not the issue. the issue is that you are going to risk the full faith and credit of this government. that's what the issue is. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ms. castor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. castor: when the american government shuts down it will be playing that the republicans in the congress are responsible, but unfortunately, it will be our neighbors back home and small businesses back home that will have to deal with the consequences. when the tea party republicans pushed the country to the fault previously, they caused economic damage. america's credit rating was downgraded and previous government shutdown cost $2

billion. now they are back for more and they appear quite willing to cause significant economic damage again. but there is more to this story. over the past few months while our neighbors back home have been working hard at their jobs, getting their kids back into school, the story here in congress has been one of disfunction, rooted in the house republicans' inability and refusal to negotiate a budget for the united states with the senate. they passed a make-believe budget proposal that was so unrealistic and couldn't come to a budget conference with the senate. without a budget, house republicans left the country in limbo and embraced the mindless sequester cuts. in contrast, democrats have offered a balanced plan authored by representative chris van hollen but we are here in the 1

hour. the tea party republicans are holding the americans hostage and charted a course for job losses and real pain. the republicans are very poor fiscal stewards for american families and businesses. they are reckless and irresponsible and i urge my colleagues to vote no on their government shutdown plan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from florida. mr. deutch: i have been listening talking about the disastrous effects of obamacare, destruction, devastation, chaos. facebook messages that i received from members of the south florida community this week, one man wrote, i scraped enough money to you buy health

insurance. my wife had irregular bleeding and did a pap test and came back normal. the bleeding stopped and life went on. not long after, she began to bleed. another pap test and the problem was finally diagnosed as cervical cancer. after that, i was contacted by my insurance company and told it was a pre-existing condition, they dropped us, rund my premiums and paid nothing. i was poor, trying to pay for the surgeons. it took years and a willingness to walk away from that debt to recover. the very talented surgeon that saved my wife's life, got stiffed. we need, my constituent says, obamacare. how about this message from a woman in broward county. i was never able to be insured except through a group plan. i tried different companies but was rejected each time due to my

heart defect. i went uninsured for three years. once the plan started, i finally got coverage through the pool. unfortunately, i just learned that i need my fifth open heart surgery again and know that obamacare will cover me whereas no private insurer would agree to. vizz like myself have grown into adults not poor enough for medicaid and not old enough for medicare and denied for insurance. reckless surance is and it is reckless to exempt us from being insured. what is reckless, devastating and chaotic is the republican majority's decision is to drive this government to close. there has been enough delay. too many americans have been waiting far too long.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i remind my friends that we hear stories after stories about companies dropping their employees from their employee-sponsored health care plans because the costs and the way the health care bill is written. and it is very interesting how -- and i have great sympathy for individuals who are having pros. they are in the district that i represent from dallas also, but the vast majority of people who are going to be just like them, huge amounts of people are now being impacted by obamacare. so it goes back to an argument that we made four years and years ago, moving forward, don't impact the people thatville health care and insurance. help the people that don't have

that. and this is the case that is happening all across this country. the problem is, the president played a robin hood plan. he went after everybody bho's got insurance. he went after everybody who has a job. he went after employers. rather than us taking care of those that did not, and let's say we are going to be 23 million people that were going to be covered and i believe that that was the number years ago, 23 million people times about 5 -- $5 $, a contribution, so they could get an insurance plan, would be far less destructive on our economy than going after 230 million people and destroying their health care plans. and this comes back to a simple

ideology, mr. speaker. they want a government-run health care system. that's what they're after. a government-run health care system, just like they want in other areas of the free economy. that's why they have done so many outward things with not only from things like student loans, to the banking industry, health care industry, the energy industry. they have an attack and assault on employers and the american people. so i have great respect for these individuals that we're talking about. i share their concern and i guarantee you, i and my office will help these people and have been helping these people, and we care about them. ut that's not what we fix.

we did a robin hood plan to take from everybody else and put everybody in trouble then, including the economy, including jobs, and we're now a part-time american economy. by the way they wrote the bill, it's not only expensive, but it kills jobs. it is just as effective as what their e.p.a. war on coal is. it's an attack and assault on the free enterprise system and free people. so, to say that the republican party doesn't care about these individuals is simply not true. we would offer a plan, a different way to look at it and take the 230 million americans that have something and worry about the others. and that's what we have been trying to do all 17 years i have been in congress. the biggest divide in this country is on taxes and it's on

health care. and republicans want normal regular people to be able to have health care and that's what we believe in. that's the difference in and the real story behind tonight. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. scott: we are seeing one of the darkest moments in the history of this congress for what we're about. the republican party, which is eld hostage by a senator eight months here, to undermine the democratic process. here we are, and they will shut down the government of the united states because we will

not enforce the law. affordable care is the law. everything that the distinguished the gentleman from texas just said, he said duration debate. we are not debating. it's the law. it's the law of the land. it's been upheld by the supreme court. it has been debated in the election. president obama ran on it. romney said if he got elected, he'd throw it away. the president said if he got elected, he would make it work. and the people spoke. make no mistake about it, my friends, republicans, the american people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people. . . .

mr. sessions: mr. speaker, it is not me. it will not be me. i am here to help. and the legislation that's on the floor is about a continuing resolution. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from houston, congressman culberson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. culberson: thank you, mr. speaker. the democrat side of the aisle can say it until they're blue in the faith and the sky is green. that doesn't make it green. it is not true. this legislation is designed to keep the government open by fully funding it at levels that the senate has already agreed to. i think it's also straight to point out that social security checks, even in the unlikeliest event the government were to close down, will continue to flow, because all mandatory programs administered by the government, their employees are considered to be essential. so social security checks are obviously essential. those employees are essential. social security will continue to flow. my colleague from texas said that children would be thrown off their parents' insurance policy. that law took effect last year. it's not affected by what's

before the house today. my colleague also said children or people with pre-existing conditions could be denied coverage. that is also incorrect. because that law took effect last year. the bill before the house today fully funds the government, we even separately fund the military and we will give a stark choice to the president of the united states and the senate. do you want to shut down the government or do you want to force on to the american people a $2 -- a 2,500-page billing that was forced through here so -- bill that was forced through here so fast speaker pelosi said, we have to pass the bill to find out what's in. it one of my colleagues from north carolina just pointed out, many americans are waking up today to discover there's a 3.8% tax on the sale of their house. how many other surprises do we have in this 2,500-page bill? all republicans are asking tonight is give the nation a year to study a 2,500-page bill that even speaker pelosi hadn't a clue was in it.

we deserve to understand one of the most important pieces of legislation passed in the history of this congress which will socialize the greatest health care system ever created and we are in the house tonight fulfilling our responsibility as adults to fund the government, to fund the military and by the way, the senate has had the defense department appropriations bill for over 90 days and military construction and v.a. -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: mr. speaker, by refusing to advance a resolution that can pass the senate, the republican majority has made the wreckless and irresponsible choice to shut down the federal government. the affordable care act is the law of the land. it was passed by a majority in this house and the senate, signed into law by the president and has been upheld by the supreme court. to try and repeal the

affordable care act at a time when we're talking about funding the government is like mixing apples with oranges. i've heard so many horror stories about the affordable care act, all of which is irresponsible. let me say some facts about it. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman will suspend. the house shall come to order. members are advised to take their conversations from the aisle. the gentleman from new york may proceed. mr. engel: in my state of new york, people who enroll in the highest-tier plans are are -- can expect to see a 53% reduction compared to this year's individual rates. the average approved rates for the individual silver plan in new york is 10% lower than previously broadcast by c.b.o. these reductions don't even take into account the sucks disthat will be available -- subsidies that will be available for many new yorkers

purchasing coverage on the exchange which will lead to even lower costs. it is time for republicans to accept reality and allow this law to start helping the american people. the government should not be shut down. this is a very, very dangerous cause. would you rather see small business owners struggle and the s.b.a. unable to review loan applications, loan guarantees? republicans should not shut the government down. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. engel: you can yell all you want but you're not -- you're not silencing the voice of the american people. yell all you want. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the house will be in order. mr. sessions: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves his time. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from maryland, ms. edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker -- ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker.

i rise in opposition to this rule and the underlying amendment. i want to be very clear. i don't even have a voice but i want to let america know that house republicans are shutting down the government. they're doing it intentionally, they're doing it on purpose. mr. speaker, the house is not n order. the speaker pro tempore: the house shall come to order. the gentlelady deserves to be heard. the gentlelady from maryland may proceed. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, 1.4 million active duty personnel won't get their paychecks. half of the federal civilian employees won't get paid. those who do show up at work won't be paid. house republicans are shutting down the government. and even as we mourn the tragedy of the navy yard here in washington, active duty military would be guaranteed to receive their pay, but their civilian counterparts risk their lives in service to the mission, they would not. house republicans are shutting

down the government. we're losing waves of federal freezing furloughs, their salaries. i urge my colleagues to reject this and tonight i want it to be known, the senate won't take it up, the president won't sign it. house republicans are shutting down the government. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. i reserve my time and i am through with my speakers, to advise the gentlewoman, and i will then, as she finishes, offer a close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentlelady from new york has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. slaughter: i will have no more further speakers. very well. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from vermont, mr. welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from vermont is recognized for one minute. mr. welch: thank you, madam chair. mr. speaker, what you're proposing in this legislation, basically shutting down the government, and stiffing our

creditors, it's really stupid. and here's why. we have got to move on. we've had a debate about health care. some of us are strongly in favor of this legislation, some of us are strongly opposed to it. that's a legitimate policy debate. but the folks who are for it won in congress, they won in the supreme court and they won in the last presidential election. at a certain point, i've been on the losing side, by the way, it's time to say, sober up, move on. get on with the program. focus on what are the implementation challenges and work on them together. but the notion that we'd actually suggest that it's possible for us to consider stiffing our creditors, shutting down the government, inflicting pain on nnlt people, that's bizarre -- on innocent people, that's bizarre. it has no place in this debate. sometimes we win debates, sometimes we lose. but either side, we've got to move on. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to urge my colleagues to vote no on this rule and no on this bill because it is a, no question abouton about it, a ye on either one of them is a vote to continue the shutdown of the house. the senate will not take up this. we're absolutely certain of it. and we are on the road to shutdown. the republican party insists on doing that, do not help them. vote no. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from texas. 2 1/2 minutes. mr. sessions: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'd like to just go through the things that we've talked about, that are the attributes about why we are here tonight. the cost to taxpayers, $716 billion was cut from senior care, medicare, to fund obamacare. that harms our seniors. the cost to employers, just one example, delta airlines announced that obamacare will cost its company $100 million

in increased health care costs over the next year. americans are losing their current health care coverage. we read about it and we know that u.p.s., walgreens and many other employers are losing their health care coverage that they had today. fewer hours and fewer full-time jobs since obamacare was passed. there have been seven full--- part-time jobs for every one full-time job that was added. mr. speaker, this is not a way to move our country forward. mr. speaker, the republican party is prepared. we believe and can substantiate that a yes vote is for making sure that we keep this government open and something that the american people want and need and that's why the republican party, 233 strong, is here tonight. i urge my colleagues to vote

yes on the rule and the underlying legislation and i yield back the balance of my time and i move the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays have been requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. elected end -- members will record their votes by electronic device. . pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by five-minute votes on adoption of the resolution if ordered and the motion to suspend on h.r. 2251. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for poli >> the senate passed the continuing resolution yesterday stripping out the health care

defunding language to november 15. earlier this evening and not that long ago the house rules committee considered the rule for chapings for that senate bill -- for changes for that senate bill yesterday. the other would delay until january 1st of 2015. most of the elements of the health care law and allow insurance providers to opt out of the man birth control and both amendments would set the expiration date december 15, not november 15. this is a previous question vote. they will vote on the rule for debate. we are going to especial up -- open up our phone lines. here's how to join the conversation. f you're a democrat it's 202-505-3885.

505-3827.s, we're asking who is responsible for the current fiscal stalemate in washington. we'll read some posts and tweets as well. robert costa is the washington editor for the national review joining us live from capitol hill. thanks for being with us. how have house republicans proposed to change the senat c.r. and what are the chances that the senate will accept those chances? >> the chance of the senate accepting any kind that includes a delay of obama care is basically nil. harry reid said he will not cut a deal that includes obama care provisions or demand. speaker boehner does not want to have a government shutdown

but at the same time many conservatives are asking for an 11th hour fight. and tonight's vote about sending the senate a message asking them to delay it for a year but it will be in the upper chamber. >> there's been some other reporting about the proposed change to the c.r. language known as the vitter amendment. what is that and how might that play into the debate in the coming days? >> here's what i'm hearing from my sources. tonight the house is voting on it. that will have a quick death in the senate. that puts speaker john boehner with a new strategy. as the government prepares to shutdown. ne thing that's being talked about is the vitter amendments. hat ends subsidies for

congressional members and staffers. and so house leadership thinks that could be a concession that could ring out at the last minute. >> we're going to our phone lines.

the speaker pro tempore: the resolution is adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is vote

on the motion fl pennsylvania, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 22 1. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2251, a bill to designate the united states courthouse located at 118 south mill street in fergus falls, minnesota as the edward j. devitt courthouse. the speaker pro tempore: members will r dangerous and

un-american amendments. they will shut down the government and the american people do not deserve this. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes georgia, leman from

r. kingston. mr. kingston: we are here on continued debate. number one, health care is 1/6 of the economy. i think that before we turn over 1/6 of the economy to the federal government, we need to be very clear on the path that we're going on and right now, the path is anything but clear. in fact, to quote one of the leading democrat architects, he said it's a train wreck. to me to continue the debate on obamacare is the proper thing to do. 1/6 of the economy, think about that, mr. speaker. secondly, in terms of health care system, it's still the best health care system in the world. 40% of the medical tourists come to america for procedures and

operations. can't say that about any other country. number three, obamacare has failed. two of its objectives, the prime objectives was number one to decrease the cost of health care and number two, to increase the access. and let's examine those. do you know anyone's health care premium that has decreased this year. i have asked that question many, many times and i have invited people to call my office if their premiums have decreased. i haven't heard from an individual or business. i have heard from constituents. my own daughter, a 0-year-old, went from $170 a month to $270 a month. the costs are not going down. obamacare has failed on that. number two and very important, the accessibility has not increased. two fortune 500 companies in my home state have announced the

following, one says they will no longer cover 15,000 spouses of their employees under their health care. could i have another minute? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kingston: another fortune 500 company in georgia has announced that 20,000 part-time employees will no longer have company-sponges soared health care. i talked to one man who has a start-up business and got to 2 employees and he said i quit growing. not only am i concerned about obamacare, but the cost of ork organization, but i don't know how it's going to be implemented and i don't know the rules of it. this debate is well worth having and i would say to our democrat friends whether you voted for it or not, it's not a matter of philosophy but admitting it is a

mistake to go on with obamacare. it has not decreased the cost and not increased the access of health care and before we say good-bye to the best health care in the world and turning it over to the federal government, we need to stop and retool and start all over. it is the right thing to do to fund the government, avoid the shutdown, but not to fund obamacare. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i want to thank the gentleman, mr. kingston for making the case for the obamacare. utcht to turn it all back over to the insurance companies. i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ms. wasserman schultz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. wasserman schultz: i rise in opposition to this, the 43rd

attempt to defund, delay or undermine the affordable care act by house republicans. what is more disturbing is that this latest attempt comes with a distinct possibility of a costly government shutdown. we have a constitutional obligation to fund our government. the senate sent us a bill yesterday that would accomplish that goal. but rather than pass it, republicans are pushing their ideological agenda once more. i get it. the republican caucus is desperate to stop the affordable care act because they bet against it and came up short. now they're threatening our entire economy. they bet against the affordable are act and it's already helping millions of americans, and starting october 1, millions more will be able to

access affordable health care. it was announced that in my district, a family of four would be able to obtain insurance for $24 a month. i urge my colleagues to stop backing the same losing hand on our economy. enough already. let it go. let me tell you something that your little stunt that you're pulling here, which has no chance of becoming law, what it does to the millions of breast cancer survivors like me. 95 days from today, the millions of survivors, the 150 million people who live in this country with a pre-existing condition, you are trying to rob us of the peace of mind that that provision gives us. what you're trying to do is make sure that every single day, when each of us who survived cancer or another life-threatening illness, waiting for the other shoe to drop, what you're trying to do is say, you should stay, living

in fear for an insurance company to boot you off your insurance because of the possibility of you getting sick again. it's unconscionable. it's unacceptable. walk a mile in our shoes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired. i remind members to address their remarks to the speaker of the house. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: may i inquire the time remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 16 minutes this entlelady from new york has 15 3/4 minutes remaining. mr. rogers: i yield five minutes to a very important member of the ways and means committee of the house, mr. paulsen of minnesota. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. paulsen: thank you, mr. speaker. we all know that the medical technology industry is one of america's leading manufacturing industries and has huge potential, huge potential to continue being a vehicle for creating jobs.

this american success story employs more than 400,000 workers, pays salaries 400% higher than the average national wage, is one of the country's fewest industries that imports more than it ex--- exports more than it imports. it is made up of small businesses, 98% of them have less than 500 employees but most importantly it's an industry that saves and improves lives for patients. medical devices help slash the death rate from heart disease by a stun 50g% and cut the death rate from stroke by 30%. but mr. speaker, last january, a new $30 billion medical device tax was enacted as part of obamacare. it's not a tax on profit, it's a tax on revenue. it's a tax on sales. no one can explain why this industry was singled out, other

-- to pay for a $trillion for a trillion-dollar law. but layoffs have been announced, jobs are moving overseas, and once they move overseas the jobs don't come back. they've cut investment and research. research and development is the very lifeblood of this industry. i have a letter from 975 organizations in support of repealing the device tax. 9 5. the signers include the chamber of commerce, national association of manufacturers, numerous doctors and physicians and health care groups that are directly impacted by the tax. i'd ask unanimous consent to include it in the record, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. paulsen: we know this tax is bad policy. we know there's support this this chamber and in the senate to repeal this tax. last year, the house passed the repeal legislation with

overwhelming bipartisan support but the senate didn't act before the end of the year this year we have 263 co-sponsors of legislation to repeal this tax. 263. far more than last year. more than enough to pass it in the house. last april, when the senate was debating their budget resolution, 79 senators voted their intention to also repeal the device tax. 79 senators and 33 of those senators were democrats. mr. speaker, how often do we have such an overwhelming bipartisan majority in support on such an issue? this is our opportunity. winston churchill said people occasionally stumble over the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happen the truth we all know about the medical device tax is that it has destroyed jobs, destroyed innovation and hurt patient care. these are the very pillars the health care law refrm was supposed to support. repealing this policy sends a

very strong and commonsense message to the american people that congress may not always agree on what is the right path forward but we we can absolutely recognize when a policy has set us on the wrong path and today we have an opportunity to right this wrong. this tax threatens america's global leadership and innovation. this is about saving lives. it's important that we act now, today. let's stop the job loss, protect the high wage jobs and ensure that america continues to invest, continues to innovate and continues to develop the cutting edge and life-saving technologies for our patients. vote for the repeal of the medical device tax. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the appropriations committee, mr. fattah. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. fattah: i thank the gentlelady. i have been here for 10 terms

and i have seen a lot. i was here when most of the members of my party voted against the prescription drug program offered by the other team. and president bush pushed it through the, it created a $7 trillion hole in the budget. wasn't paid for. but after we won the majority we, we won the presidency, we didn't go back to try to undo it, we actually worked to fix it a little bit, we got rid of the doughnut hole and we embraced it and moved forward. there seems to be a problem on the other side they don't seem to want to come to grips with the fact that the game is over. that the teams have left the field and that this question about the affordable health care bill is settled law. that is to say that this consistency would be admirable except it's somewhat of a foolish consistency. to come 40-plus times,

attempting to delay or repeal the obamacare act as they refer to it, doesn't make any sense. we're not in negotiations with the president. we're trying to pass a bill that the senate will pass. and the senate has made it clear that they have no intention of retreating or equivocating one inch on this matter. all we're doing is spinning our wheels. so to delay health care, i would say this -- health care delay is health care denied. in our country, after some 90-plus years, multiple presidents have come to the conclusion that when there are americans who need access to health care, there's going to be a way for them to get it. those exchanges are going to open on october 1, no matter what we do and the majority needs to speak a little hard truth in the mirror to itself on this matter, the sooner, the better. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentlelady has expired.

the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. pitt who is the vice chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on state and foreign operations, mr. dent. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. dent: i certainly oppose shutting down the government, i certainly oppose defaulting on this country's only fwation well, have an obligation to govern. i do support the underlying bill under consideration here today. specifically because of the repeal of the medical device tax. which in my district is real. medical device tax is stifling innovation, it is costing us jobs and it is raising costs, which unfortunately appears to be the health care law trifecta, raising costs, stifling innovation and destroying jobs. specifically one country in my district, with nearly ,000 employees, said there are no raises for their employees

because of this tax. another small company called me up, the owner said, you know, we make prosthetic limbs for many folks, including troops who come back from wars. we have been in business for 100 year, a little overall 50 people. we're probably not going to make it because of this. they need our help. they're trying out -- crying out for help. i understand we have to keep the government open but we know that the senate, 79 senators have -- are on record in support of repealing this tax, republicans and democratsing states from minnesota to massachusetts to new jersey to pennsylvania, this is a very dig beale -- very big deal. i also know there's a delay of the law in this bill. i fully expect when this is sent other to the senate the senate will pull that out but they'll likely seriously consider the medical device tax. let's get that done. it's imperative for us to do so. so many people's livelihoods are dependent on us, we make things in this country, we make medical devices in this country.

we need to make sure we don't do anything to harm them. many of these manufacturers will be moving operations overseas. we know this. let's not let it happen. america has an advantage in this area let's try to maintain it. a 2.3% tax is harming these small startup companies that need access to capital. it's going to be much harder for folks, i can take you to the university of pennsylvania and show you startups who are helping us deal with concussions not able to brenger that product to market. i ask for support of the bill and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished whip from maryland, mr. hoyer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland, the minority whip is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. the gentleman from georgia said this health care was about 1/6 of the economy. he's right. this continuing resolution is about 100% of the economy.

why are we here, mr. speaker? the american people are asking themselves, what is this debate about? we passed a budget in this house setting spending at $967 billion. he senate passed a budget at $1.058 trillion. there's a $91 billion difference between the senate and the house. this house, which talks about negotiations, has refused to go to conference. so we have not reached an agreement on a number. that's why we're here. nor have we passed 2/3 of the appropriation bills through this house. in fact, one was brought to the floor and pulled off the floor

ecause at the $967 billion republican budget you can -- you cannot pass those appropriations bills if there were no democrats in the house. and my friend mr. rogers knows my friend, mr. rogers, talked about responsibility, we ought to be responsible. and i believe that on the republican side of the aisle, there are at least 150 members who believe that we ought to be responsible, that believe that this constant hardshipping on the affordable care act, which was the central part of the lacks election and you will want that elections make a difference. and one of the speakers got up and said, this mandate is

unconstitutional. so he also wants to deny the fact that the supreme court of the united states has specifically said it is constitutional. but it doesn't comport with your view, and therefore you have rejected it as you have rejected the results of the election. mr. speaker, as the representative of 316 million americans, we have a special obligation to see past the politics of the moment and embrace the spirit of cooperation for the sake of the public good, not our good, not our politics, not a single one of us is here because we were thought to be the best at doing nothing or saying no. each of us was sent here because our neighbors believe we have something positive to contribute, that we can do what is right for our country. may i have one additional

minute? not for our politics, but for our country and for our people. we have a matter of days, but hours left to prevent our government from shutting down. a shutdown is not a tactic, it's not a strategy, it is a failure for this country. let us not be a country whose retttives cannot work together to fulfill the most basic functions of government. our colleagues across the aisle voted over 40 times to derail obamacare without success. when do you say enough is enough? let us move on responsibly to make government work. at your level. the president said he would sign at your level, not a negotiated level, but at your level. you've won, but you can't take yes for an answer. the senate rejected it, as they

will reject this new attempt. instead now is a time to try a different approach. let this house, not just a small faction of the house -- can i have an additional 0 seconds -- which i tell my republican friends, you ought to reject and say enough is enough. you have had your votes. you lost. let us live up to the responsibility that our founders instilled in this great people's house and continue to be the democracy that is the envy of the world. let us make sure that when people look at america, they look at america as a country that works, an america that can be united and an america that . lieves the motto and i yield back.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair would remind members to address their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from kentucky reserves his time. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the ways and means committee, mr. levin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. need to i urge we pause to consider the real meaning of what's happening tonight. this is more than about a vote or two. think this is a fateful occasion. it signifies this. the republican party in the house is being thoroughly radicalized.

there are republicans cheering, as the u.s. ship of state goes over the cliff. the house republican colleague of ours as report the -- reported today. i do believe republicans will be blamed. there are some, i think, would relish a showdown. i think that's unfortunate. it's worse than unfortunate. it's historically reckless and radical. this is an eventful, and i think shameful night for the republican party in the house of representatives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield

one minute to the distinguished leader of the steering and policy committee of the house of representatives mr. andrews. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. andrews: permission to revise and extend my remark. imagine you lived in a town where the mayor and council were fighting over the budget and the mayor said if i don't get my way, i'm going to stop paying the police department, close the schools, turn off the street lights and not pick up the trash, that mayor would get recalled by the end of the week. that's what the republican majority is doing tonight. they made it clear they don't like the obamacare. 46 times they made it to repeal it. they are saying to the country, you can either have a country that makes the country run without the affordable care act

or can't have a country without a budget that runs. this is not the way to legislate. we should have the senate bill on the floor and vote on it. this will surely cause a shutdown of the government. it is an outrage and abandonment of responsibility and all members should oppose. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield one minute o the gentlelady from indiana, brooks. jobs oks: over 10,000 have been lost o'announced loss. the tax on medical innovation since the beginning of this year has killed these jobs.

jobs like 1700, and boat labs, 300 to 400, cook medical in 450. a, zimmer, 20,000 people of indiana are employed by the medical device in indiana. many across the country. the average wage is $60,000. this tax can result in a loss of over 45,000 jobs nationwide and it is hurting people with diseases and these innovations that these companies produce helps save lives. they do help people with their diseases with their debilitating -- things that are happening with their bodies. it's not an exaggeration to say this tax has deadly results. for months, i heard there is bipartisan support. where is it? i yield back. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased --

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i yield one minute to the distinguished the gentleman from minnesota, mr. ellison. mr. ellison: this bill shuts down the government. the senate passed a clean c.r. and take it up right now, we could pass it and keep the government open, but if we do something to change the senate bill and amend it and senate send it back, the time that would be needed to avoid a shutdown would be gone. so no matter what your viewsr a vote for them is a shutdown, make no mistake about it. and the republican majority knows this. they're well aware and what they're doing is designed to shut down the government. they're shutting it down and the only question before the american people now is will they continue to tolerate this kind of behavior? we are here to govern. we are here to look after the american people.

we are here to make sure that the full faith and credit of this government maintains and not just in a financial sense but a regular sense. and when they shut the government down, they do something to shake the confidence. vote no on all these amendments. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. roirk. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. rearkreark we are not coming to grips. we understand on this side, we have people who believe the obamacare legislation will be very detrimental to the people of the united states. we have people on this side of the aisle who believe it will be very good for the people of the united states. so, how do we work this out? we try to find a compromise. this bill is not about whether

or not obamacare is going to come in or on but whether or not you will accept the compromise which we have reached out to offer to say look there is apprehension in the private sector and the government people tell us they aren't ready to enforce obamacare. let's postponeit for a year. that's what this vote is all about. will you accept the compromise. if this government shuts down, it's because you haven't accepted the compromise that republicans have reached out to you and offered. we have to understand in this democratic process, it's not like the president says, there will be no negotiations. he doesn't negotiate with foreign dictators. we have reached out with a compromise. please accept the compromise and keep the government open. i. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. i would remind members to

address their remarks through the chair. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: let's say what this is. this is about a shutdown being ordered by the republican party. it is your initiative. and the reason for that is because you have been hijacked by a small group of extreme folks who simply hate this president. that's all this this is about. and the american people reject it, because we have the election and the majority of the american people elected president obama. and you hate that. when you see that, because shake your head if you want to, you cannot separate obamacare from

the president of the united states. it's one and the same. you are the ones that are offering the shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: i have said, the chair has said on at least three occasions, you address the remarks through the chair. i would advise the gentleman to aid his remarks to the chair. the gentleman is recognized. alexander thank you, hamilton and thomas jefferson hated each other so much, but that hate they had for each other, did not come before the love of their country. and your hate for this president is coming before this because if you love this country, you would not be closing it down. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. and once again, once again, i would ask members to address

their remarks to the chair. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield one minute to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. meadows. mr. meadows: my remarks will change based on the last remarks that were just given. i think it's important that we do not challenge in this chamber the love that each member has for their country. many of us have made great sacrifice ises. and to question that is to certainly looking at history ith a very miopic view because if we blame this on the tea party or extreme group, we would be ignoring history, because this government has been shut down 17 times, mr. speaker, and 1 of those times is when a

democrat was in that chair. and i think it's clear we have to make sure that under tip o'neil that it was shut down more than anybody else, and it's important, mr. speaker, that it's clarified tonight. one other clarification, the motto behind you, mr. speaker, is not what was put forth by the whip from the other side. it says in god we trust. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. waxman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. waxman: the republicans would not work with us in figuring out how obamacare should meet the needs of the american people but it was passed into law. the courts aproved it. the electorate voted and approved the president who supported it.

now the republicans say they're offering a compromise? their compromise would deny people health care because of pre-existing conditions for a year, make sure that people can't afford health care, can't get it for a year, but it does worse than that. it takes people off med -- on medicare and keeps them from getting the break on their prescription drugs and their doctors from getting the increase in reimbursement for their services, it would stop the expansion of medicaid for very low income people. this isn't just postponing it. it is undercutting the affordable care act. and the tax provision on medical devices will only widen the deficit, their provisions will cost us money. if they shut down the government it will hurt a lot of people, not just government employees, but people all across the country. reject this republican proposal and let's approve funding for

the government. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expire. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield one minute to the gentleman from colorado, mr. coffman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. coffman: mr. waxman just got up and eloquently spoke about the need to keep the insurance reforms in place. particularly about pre-existing conditions. let me just say, i would encourage him to read the bill and it does that. what the bill in fact does is those reforms in place in the provisions of obamacare prior to 1 october, will remain in place. the rest of it will in fact be delayed. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> the job killer we're threatening tonight has nothing to do with the medical device tax. it has to do with us giving up our responsibilities. we negotiated that medical device tax. it was originally proposed at 5%. we cut it to 2.3%. in addition to which, based upon an industry request, we extended it to foreign competition. mr. neal: an issue conveniently left out of this discussion is, who is the biggest purchaser of medical devices? medicare. by expanding the affordable care act, we'll have more customers purchasing more medical devices. that's the reality of what we're discussing tonight. the notion that you can separate the revenue portion from the overall legislation is ill considered and everybody knows it. this was negotiated in full light of day.

thoroughly discussed. return to the argument i made a moment ago. if you're interested in not killing jobs, stop this ruse that you're playing on the american people tonight and with the full faith and credit of the united states, with the debt obligations we have. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. rot fuss: sometimes i wonder if -- mr. rothfus: the president made a guarantee, a simple guarantee. if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. when i go to a store and buy a product and it comes with a guarantee and it doesn't work you take it back, get your money back and you look for a new product. people are losing their health care plans. now is the time to take some

time for what would be bipartisan health care reform, not a bill that was rammed through on a party line vote so we could pass it and find out what's in it. and the american people are finding out what's in it. it's firearm a new product, time for bipartisan health care reform and i ask for the folks across the -- across the aisle to come together and let's do something that empowers the american people and not the elites at h.h.s. here in washington, d.c. i thank the speaker and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i thank the distinguished ranking member. for people tuning in to this debate, i want to make sure there's no confusion. this is not "saturday night live." this is the republican majority at work. only they're not working. it is a game. it is a game they have played

since day one. mr. israel: this has been the congress of chronic chaos since day one. and tonight it's just another episode, my colleagues, of that congress of chronic chaos. forget sfpble "s.n.l.," mr. speaker, when i grew up, i used to watch one of my favorite cartoon the roadrunner, remember the road run her every episode, another cliff. they have turned governing, mr. speaker, into an old cartoon of the roadrunner. this is not a game. the american people deserve better than this. this is not about the affordable care act, mr. speaker. this is not about obamacare, mr. speaker. this is about whether we govern. this is about whether they're willing to hold this economy hostage to their ideology. this is about whether they are willing to put people out of work because of their extremism. and they use the affordable care act as a subterfuge.

mitt romney said they're going too far. karl rove said they're going to too far. the chamber of commerce says they're going too far. "the wall street journal" says they're going too far. and what are they doning tonight? going farther. doubling down. the american people have gone from deep disappointment in this dysfunctional majority to absolutely -- to absolute outrage with this dysfunctional majority. mr. speaker, the american people who are watching this and watching this congress want reasonable leaders with reasonable solutions and commonsense ideas for this country. t shutdowns, not shedowns, not cliffs, not chaos, not cartoons which we get tonight and which we have gotten every single night since this majority became the majority. when this government shuts down, because of them, mr.

speaker, americans are going to have to continue to pay their taxes. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, mr. culberson, the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on milcon and v.a. the speaker pro tempore: the swrelt is recognized for two minutes. mr. culberson: as we say in texas, it's time to get a few things straight around here. we have in the house of representatives passed a defense department appropriations bill back in june. we passed a military onstruction and v.a. bill to make sure our veterans are taken care of back in june. we passed appropriations to fund the department of homeland security, everything the president asked for, everything the agencies asked for, passed out of the house early this summer. we even passed an energy and water appropriations bill.

they're sitting in the sthath. it could have been passed back over here very, very easy. the senate has been known to mouff like lightning when they need to. they've even deemed bills before they passed. but in the process, they have learned that the democratic -- we have learned that the democratic process requires compromise. the president of the united states for the first time today, since 1979, the president of the united states reached out to the dictator in tehran who has sworn to erase israel from the map, the president will talk to the dictator of tehran but won't negotiate with a house of representatives with a majority elected by our constituents to do everything in our power to delay, defund or stop obamacare. the last time we sent this bill to the senate, it was a complete and total defunding of obamacare. stop it cold. we compromised. as the democratic process requires. tonight we offer the democrat minority a compromise.

let's just delay it for a year. let's give the nation a chance to see what's in that 2,500 page bill that nancy pelosi had no idea what it was when she said, we have to pass the law to fiend out what's in it. we're discovering every day new horror store res. the american people deserve to have time to see what this monstrosity will do before it's implemented. every day that we are -- we are simply offering a compromise of a year's delay. we're even fully funding the troops, another compromise. that's the way it works in the democratic process. but it's hard to do with people who won't even talk to you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has ex-period. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlelady from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. schakowsky: we are two days away from a republican government shutdown. you can try to deny it but you'll have to wear the jacket.

"the fiscal times" says, it's going to cost $150 million a day to shut down the government. the "chicago tribune" says the national park service would close all 401 national parks. approximately half the government's civilian work force, about 1.2 million employees, is expected to have furlough. "the washington post" said the department of veterans affaired told congressional fishes late friday that all benefit checks, including disability checks and pension payments will be december rupted if a government shutdown lasts for a while. abc news talks about suspension for approval for applications for small business loans and medical resedge interrupted. and "the wall street journal" has a warning too. it says some republicans think they're sure to hold seats in the house in 2014, no matter what happens, because of

gerrymandering, but even those levees won't hold if there's a wave of revulsion against the g.o.p. marginal seats still matter for controlling the congress. the kamikazes could end up ensuring the return of all democratic rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: might i inquire the time remaining, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 3 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentlelady from new york as five minutes remaining. mr. rogers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from -- the gentleman from kentucky reserves his time, the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i'd like to announce breaking news, i thank the gentlelady from new york. texas happens to be a very diverse state and my good friend from texas just stood up

and made an absurd proclamation, absolutely absurd, coming from a state where there are six million plus uninsured individuals, he knows full well that tonight when we vote to shut down the government, he will in fact also eliminate the affordable care act, not delay it. what he will do is he will then tell those who have a pre-existing disease that the law is delayed. he will tell children who need preventive care the law is delayed. urther, he will tell our predators that we are irresponsible as -- our creditors that we are irresponsible as a country and he will tell people whose jobs depend on the government operating that you don't count. i don't want to live in a nation where someone can say to the nation and say to the people that you don't count. i have said it before, i'm saying it again, when we vote tonight, we will be voting to shut down the government, you'll be voting to ignore the

states and the responsibilities of this country in paying its debt and you will say to those who believe in the fact that the government stays hope -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady must suspend, her time has expired. ms. jackson lee: we are shutting down the government tonight. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentlelady from wisconsin, ms. moore. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. ms. moore: mr. speaker, be not desied, the people are not mocked -- deceived, the people are not mocked. in 24 hours if we don't send an exact bill back to the senate, not a colon, not a semicolon, not a paragraph, not a word

different, the government will shut down. the debate is not about medical devices, about birth control, about obamacare, the affordable care act. it is about continuing to have our government operate for another few days and if we don't send a bill, we have 24 hours for this congress to agree on the exact bill and i ree with my colleagues, this whole debate is a subterfuge and a proxy for strong desire and to punish people for electing bralk as president of the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the back. ady yields the gentlelady from new york is

recognized. mrs. lowey: i recognize the gentleman from california, one minute. . sherman: mr. sherman: soon, the government of the world's greatest country will shut down and will reopen enwhen the public decides when one party is unreasonable. c.r. sets our spending level. this c.r. sets the spending evel at the ryan budget level. $72 billion before senate democrats. when it comes to spending levels, we have compromise. it is unreasonable to say you are going to shut down the government. what if democrats said we are going to shut down the

government if we don't get immigration reform, gay rights or gun control. we are just as passionate to our colleagues wanting to repeal obamacare. we will not shut down the government. we will not destroy the american economy to get our way. we will not take hostages. we will prevail when we persuade republicans. we will not hurt this country to get our objectives. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from orth carolina. >> this reminds me of a courtroom scene of "a few good

men," you can't handle the truth. our premiums are going up. we have told them about the loss of jobs, we lost full-time jobs. the unions don't like it. we lost innovation. we have enormous tax increases. mr. speaker, the american people , knee don't want to go off the cliff. mr. speaker, it's time that we recheck this and stop this crazy health care.nalize the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, how much time do i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has two minutes remaining and the the gentleman

from kentucky has two minutes remaining. mrs. lowey: we have been trying to pass a bill that would reflect the needs of the people of the united states of america. my friends know that this bill rmp y and usiona reflects the disfunction of my friends on the other side of the aisle. to allow the extreme wing of the republican party to control this debate does not make sense at all. the truth is we are two days away from a shutdown. my friends know that this bill is not going to be accepted by the senate. they sent over a bill that we could have all passed, sit down

and work together, and keep this government from shutting down the disfunction that is occurring because of the republican wing that the party does not make sense at all. you are bowing to the extremists, the tea party, who really don't want to see this process move forward. we know that the affordable care act is the law of the land. we know it's been afffirmed by the supreme court of the united states. -- s move on and let know let's not stop. the institutes of health are not getting the resources. let's stop the disfunction. this is a reality. let's work together and pass a bill, a continuing resolution and then i'm sure chairman rogers and i could pass an

omnibus bill with the senate with the work we are elected to accomplish. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i yield myself the balance of the time. we have heard time and again that this debate and vote is about shutting down the government. about pardon me, i thought we were voting on a continuing resolution. what do you think a continuing resolution is? it's to continue the government. now those on the other side also want to say that we are defunding obamacare. we're not. we did that in the first bill we sent over to the senate. the senate rejected that and sent it back. now, this side of the aisle is peaceable offer.

people all over this country are telling us how much they are worried about this obamacare that they are having to contend with, starting this monday. they are seeing please give us a break and give us time to adjust to this. even the president admitted that the law was not the prime time for the business community. d he gave an extra year, businesses. he has exrused so many other people that we don't know about. and yet the individual mandate, the requirement of the law that individuals must comply with. that's what this bill does. it says let's take a year off and let's work this thing and get the computers working, which they aren't working now. le's get the computers working

and staff out in the field and sign people up. that takes time and that's what this bill is all about. it says delay for just one year the individual mandate, which is really that's all that is left. let's take a year and perfect, if you can, this bill, for the individual. but to say that what we're after tonight is to shut down the government is just not so. this is a continuing resolution. this continues the government. like it or not, but that's what it does. so i urge a yes vote. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to house resolution 366. the previous question is ordered. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule

19, further consideration of the amendment offered by the gentleman from kentucky is postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. kingston: pursuant to house resolution 366 i call up the ill h.r. 3210, a bill making

continuing resolution for government pay and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: h.r. 3210, a bill making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a government shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 366, the bill is considered read. the gentleman from georgia, mr. gentleman from virginia, mr. moran, each will will be recognized for 20 minutes. mr. kingston: i ask unanimous consent for all members to include extraneous remarks. mr. speaker, h.r. 32010 is called the pay our military act. and it's been introduced by

representative mike coffman and representative gohmert, along with other members of congress and the purpose of it is to authorize the secretary of defense and the secretary of homeland security to continue to provide pay and allowanceances without influence to the 1.4 military,mbers of the the men and women who perform services during any potential funding gap. without this action, their pay could be delayed. our troops should not suffer for washington's failure to act. as a representative of more than 35,000 troops who are in and out of war zones, i know they and their families cannot afford to miss one paycheck. we as democrats and republicans should be able to come together

and ensure that our sailors, soldiers and airmen are paid and paid on time. during the government shutdown in 1995, soldiers were paid because the department of defense had already been funded for the year. their appropriation bill had already been passed by both houses and signed into law by the president of the united states. that is not the case today. therefore, h.r. 3210 is essential. not only would it pay our troops, but it would permit the payment of civilian personnel and contractors, whom the secretary determines are providing support to the members of our armed services. and mr. speaker, i retain the ball aps of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. , i yield mr. speaker

myself such time as i may require to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moran: mr. speaker, this bill is an act of political theater. it attempts to cover up the underlying problem of a government shutdown with what, in essence, is a rhetorical gimmick. the bill claims to support our troops, which the majority knows that the minority party wants to do as much as they do. there's no disagreement in terms of the desire to make sure that all of our men and women in

uniform and the civilians who work for the defense department and the contractors that contribute to our national security are all paid. we all want to do that. so why do we have this bill sne well, this bill attempts to reassure the public who might be confused as to what the adverse impacts of a government shutdown might be. mr. speaker, it's important that the public understand that even with this bill, what we will do tonight, what the majority will do tonight will nevertheless fail to provide the materials essential to support and maintain the readiness of our u.s. forces. i listed a number of activities

that will, notwithstanding this bill, go unfunded if the government is shut down. and because of the action that the majority will take tonight, it looks increasingly likely that that will happen at the beginning of next week. mr. speaker, when we finish tonight, we will set in motion a situation where military medical treatment facilities will have to scale back operations, try to not impact patient care, or acute or emergency care or routine medical procedures and elective procedures will likely stopped. military members would continue to receive tricare, but medical provider bills will go unpaid. new contracts including contract

renewals and extensions and the extensions of tax orders, those are not likely to be executed. any new contract will not be paid until appropriations are enacted. death benefits to members of families of the military killed in the line of duty are not likely to be paid until appropriations are enacted. in other words, it won't be until the golf is shutdown. some permanent chaping in station moves will be delayed, canceled or cut short. training and education activities will be stopped. the bill fails to fund the material support needed to conduct training and ensure the readiness of our forces. egular training regular training and exercises depend on equipment in properly -- proper working order,

facilities that have been properly maintained and support or airmen and marines. it fails to fund the ships, the aircraft, ground equipment, sensors, ammunition that our troops relie upon in combat. my friend from georgia knows that about 40% of the d.o.d. appropriations bill goes to acquire and enhance this equipment. failure to fund these accounts hurts the readiness of u.s. forces and degrades our defense industrial base. now let me mention some of the other activities that will not be exempted, notwithstanding the fact that this bill will be passed virtually overwhelmingly. the department of veterans afares personnel charged with claims processing for veterans,

including those returning for the last 12 years of combat will not be paid. this legislation will nullify the progress made by the v.a. in reducing the unacceptably high claims backlog. a shutdown cuts foreign ilitary financing to israel, a vital partner and ally. it undermining our national security in an ever changing and changing region by degrading israel's ability to maintain a mill tear advantage. these cuts will have an impact on the industrial base throughout the united states, costing countless jobs funded through israel's purchase of fwoods ander is vesses. additionally, it will have a direct impact on counterterrorism efforts, it will halt programs that combat transnational crime, terrorism and proliferation of weapons of

mass destruction. is could severely impact activities supporting combat ecurity. the government shuts down verseas operations heavily affected, would put at risk protection for personnel overseas and severely limit the ability of the state department to provide for and maintain missions in increasingly dangerous locations. with all the rhetoric d rhetoric about benghazi, we share the concern over what happened, this puts people at risk overseas. it would stop commercial export sales, shutdown will force the state department to impose indiscriminate cuts to embassy security and protection of personnel, thereby eroding the security of the united states government and making it all

but impossible to meet the requirements to provide safe and secure embassies overseas. all national parks would be closed, memorials and museums, there are 401 of these locations throughout the country. the national seashore would be closed, martin luther king national historic site would be closed. chat hooch chee river national recreation area would be closed. the national monument on s. simmons island would be closed. cumberland island would be closed. that's just to mention a few federal facilities that i suspect the gentleman managing this bill is fully familiar with. we'll let go 4,000 weather forecasters. we can go on and on.

the smithsonian will be closed. the lincoln memorial will be shutdown. the national zoo. no yellowstone. what are redoing this for? this doesn't make sense. all the wildlife refuges will be closed for hunting. this is hunting season. you know, this may not seem leek a big deal, but i think the american people, when this is done, are going to realize the same thing they did back in 1995 -- wait a minute. we want these federal activities. we need these federal facilities. we need these jobs. open up our government. and any congress that acts to close it down is diser is vig -- disserving the american peculiar. we are not fulfilling our responsibilities if we allow

this government to shut down but that's exactly what we are doning with the action that the zwrorte will be taking tonight. i reserve the balance of my teem. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from georgia is ecognized. >> mr. speaker, i can't imagine why harry reid in the senate would shut down all these things for obamacare. i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. >> all employees who work without pay should be paid on time, including the c.i.a., i went to the memorial service where the c.i.a. employees were killed and they're side by side with the american mill tear. mr. wolf: the f.b.i., who is on

the scene in kenya investigating the attack there, d.e.a., customs and border patrol, doctors and nurses at v.a. hospitals, air traffic controller and federal firefighters, many who gave their lives fighting wilefires around the country, otherwise they would be working without pay if the government is closed down. eeble that all federal employees should be paid. we should not forget the federal employees killed at the navy yard. i went to the memorial service and saw the pain ofer that families and the speaker said they were supporting the fleet. in conclusion, i support this amendment. federal employees and their families should not be pun herbed buzz the administration and the congress cannot agreement. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized.

mr. moran: i want to associate myself with the comments of my good friend from virginia, mr. wolf, i completely agree with him that we want both d.o.d. personnel and the personnel of our other federal agencies to be able to continue to come to work. i appreciate his comments. mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield four minute foss the very distinguished minority leader of the -- minority whip of the congress, mr. hoyer, who not only has substantial military activity within his district but very ably represents tens of thousands of federal employees. i yield four minutes to the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for fourmens. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend, mr. moran, for yielding. for 33 years, the gentleman from verge who just spoke and i have sought equity and fairness

for our federal employees. whether they be in uniform or in civilian clothes. i refer to this bill as selective responsibility. they know that the shutdown of government is irresponsible. and they know that the president nor the senate are going to agrow, as they have not, other and over and over again to the proposal they have made. and so because they know that they don't want to be so irresponsible that the men and women who defend our country would be put at risk -- and i might say i believe every one of us in this couldn't house -- in this house is going to vote for this bill. but my friend from virginia, mr. wolf, who is my good friend and with whom i have worked side by side in a bipartisan y effectively for many, many

interests, he's right. 16th t me say that on the of september, 10 people were struck down working for the defense of this country. i understand you will say, oh, your bill covers them. i have attended two funerals, one on wednesday, one today, spoken at both. with mr. wolf, i went to the marine barracks this past sunday. the commander in chief, president obama, spoke. secretary hagel. sec retear of defense spoke. the secretary of the navy spoke. dmiral greenard spoke.

and the vice admiral spoke. they spoke about one navy. uniformed, civilian, working as a team. but they spoke more broadly than that in that all federal employees are one team. joined together to make our government work as effectively as it can. we are the board of directors of that government. and i can't believe there's one of us, mr. speaker, that would serve on a board of directors and treat a large portion of our employees with such disrespect, with such lack of consideration, with such contempt, at times. as we treat our civilian employees. this bill does not cover the

f.b.i. it doesn't cover the c.i.a. now you will argue, oh, well, they're in the defense and they'll be critical employees but only some. it doesn't cover the national institutes of health. try to make america a healthier nation, you want to defund obamacare and you want to defund n.i.h. you'll say, of course not this isn't a shutdown of government. it's a continuing resolution. we know it has some poison pills new york we know the senate won't buy it, we know time is running out but we're going to do it anyway. this bill won't hope the food and drug administration. it won't help the centers for disease control. it won't hope homeland security except in certain narrow instances. can i have one adegreesal minute? mr. moran: i yield the gentleman two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: it won't affect border patrol, it won't affect the f.a.a. except in certain limited instances. what do you think the morale of the people who work for us, the board of directors, is at this point in time? i will tell you, it's on the floor. that's not good for our country. this is selective responsibility. responsibility would be, let's fund government and then let's debate these issues. we have debated this issue. by the way, we won the debate in the election, not on this vote, in the election. but you refuse to accept the results of the election. we're all going to vote for this bill. i will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle, it is time for us to give respect to our nonuniformed federal personnel. because they are critical to the success of this country.

to the success of our people. and we can argue about how large or how small our government is but we should not argue about the quality of people we want in the government. their morale to be we want high because they're respected, because they feel wanted and worthwhile and the missions that they perform in whatever their role is is appreciated, as important for the american eople. any corporate head that you talk to and talk about will tell you, you want to make sure your people understand that you

believe in their worth. because if you do not, you will not get what you want. we will all support this bill, but it is selective responsibility and will not excuse your rampant irresponsibility and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. kingston: i yield two minutes to the chairman of the army caucus, judge john cart her -- carter, from texas. >> this wrote is wonderful and i enjoy it. i represent fort hood texas. fort hood has put more human beings in the fight in the 10, 11 years. war, butsoldiers go to

wives and spouses stay home. and they have the same human problems that every one of us have. i would venture to bet that every member of this congress when they're away from their spouse and sometime has a conversation with their spouse finds out that the water heater wept out or the air conditioner went out or the kids have a problem in school or some other thing and it weighs on us even though we have this job in this will beautiful chamber. but think about the soldier on the line in afghanistan. with every waking and sleeping minute he is there, someone is trying to take his life, and yet they talk now freely with their families back home. and that same way down on them is magnified 1,000 times. this bill tonight is about human

beings, fighting warriors of the united states of america and their families. and this bill tries to make sure that in the outside chance that we, reasonable people, quote, unquote, in this chamber and the other chamber can come to a compromise, in the outside chance that nobody wants that this government shuts down for whatever period of time, that the fighting men and women of this nation and their families at home, will have a paycheck. i think this is a small token to put before the people who risk their lives. on it would be a shame to debate any other way. i move we pass this bill. and i hope we vote for it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time.

the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: does my friend from georgia have many other speakers? mr. kingston: how much time do we have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia has 14 1/2 minutes. and the gentleman from virginia has 4 1/2 minutes. mr. moran: you may want to have some of your speakers speak. mr. kingston: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. wittman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. wittman: i have come to the floor many times this year to remind our colleagues that our nation has no greater asset than the folks serving our nation, including those that make up our department of defense, both military and civilian alike. and i'm glad to support this bill and i'm pleased to see the house ensures that our service

members and civilian department of defense of employees will be paid. we must not forget all of the other federal employees who serve our nation on a daily basis. they do a fan tan ties articular -- fantastic job also. these hardworking patriots serve our nation, whether it be keeping our skies safe or travelers with the f.a.a. or supporting our troops on the front lines on the war on terror, through the f.b.i. and c.i.a. or the nurses and doctors in our veterans' hospitals. i firmly believe that the government must continue to operate to ensure that our service members and our federal employees continue to be paid and the government operations that folks count on each and eff day are not interrupted.

the american public and the nation's public service deserves our extraordinary efforts to make sure this happens. they deserve the best. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. he gentleman from georgia. mr. kingston: i yield two minutes to mr. scott, the and member of the armed services committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: i thank my colleague from georgia for his leadership on this bill. the house is at work and the senate is at home. the president is absent again. none of us would be debating the future of this country without the men and women of military. that's what makes them special and different. some having argued against this bill and some have said we will support this bill.

good. good. let's put 435 green lights on the board. juts today, 300 men and women from an air force base said good-bye to their family and friends and got on a plane. why? because we asked them to. over 90 days ago, this house, right here, passed an appropriations bill that fulfilled our promise to pay our soldiers in a timely manner and did all the things with research and equipment and the senate chose not to chose action. the house is working to do the right thing while the senate is at home and we are working to pay our men and women who are defending our freedom. it sounds like many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are going to support the legislation in this house. all we're asking is for the

senate and the president to have enough honor to make sure the families of our soldiers are not used as political leverage and guaranteed they are paid on time and this amendment does just that. mr. speaker, i yield the remapeder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the other the gentleman from virginia georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: i yield to the entleman from california and that is mr. garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. garamendi: mr. speaker, 18 years and three days ago, i was deputy secretary to the united states department of interior. it was a vibrant place and attorneys doing their work, accountants were busy and national parks were open and

rangers were at the gates and explaining the great wonders of this land. fish and wildlife service were caring for our creatures. -- geologic service was doing. the entire building was empty and rangers shut the doors to the national parks. the research creased. to this day, i don't believe there is a person in this room or this capitol can remember what the fight was about, but america can remember the shut down of the government and here today we are in it once again and the question that the people will ask, what is this all about? and the end result is that the status of this house will diminish once more. if i might, mr. -- mr. moran: i yield the gentleman

another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. garamendi: one result of dimuni l be a further tmp ioo nmp in the congress. all of the good that is in the affordable health care act and i wish the insurance commissioner and i can tell you how important it is that the reform is there. e medicaid -- all of those children that are now being covered, for what? for the 42nd, 43rd time another failed effort. instead of sitting down working to solve the problem, it's a tragedy that we are about to go through this process. for what. so some of the wealthiest most

profitable businesses in the country can have a $30 billion tax reduction? i suppose that's important. so you can say once again obamacare is wrong. i remember the days when the nation shut down its government. it was bad. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from georgia. mr. kingston: i yield myself such time as i may consume to clarify. under the current president, the 00% of theebt now is 1 g.d.p. every dollar we spend, 42 cents is borrowed. the president offers no reform to bend the spending curve. instead, he pushes forward a failed health care policy that has a price tag of $1.7

trillion. it does not decrease the cost of andsin and does -- medicine we heard it over and over again by the other party. that's why we're tonight. this is 1/6 of the economy and yet we hear the same thing over and over again. that's why this debate is taking place. we have passed a continuing resolution to keep the government funded so these civilian employees that we hear so much about can continue to receive their paychecks. but harry reid and the senate does not want to keep the government open because they insist on supporting $1.7 trillion addition to the national debt, a health care policy, which increases the cost

of medicine and decreases the access. with that, mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to mr. perry, who is an active duty of the united states army and rank of colonel. mr. perry: i thank the gentleman for yielding me time. we are talking about a continuing resolution, continuing to fund our government. and i find it odd that the other side is complaining about our plan. but their plan is pass it clean. i'm not going to negotiate. pass it clean. we are $17 trillion in debt. frillion.17 so the answer is just continue. we offer a plan and we get it that you don't like it. we don't get your plan.

and part of this amendment is part of this compromise, yet you say work with us to make obamacare better. work with us. yet, on this, you want to you complain and we are saying work o make the c. rfment better. make sure our troops are paid, make sure we take care of the one thing, the one thing that says provide, because words mean one thing. provide for the common defense. provide. the other phrase is promote. we are here to set priorities. we are saying as the house of representatives, paying our military is a priority, as it should be. mr. speaker, i have embarked with those soldiers, men and women overseas, watched them leave their babies behind. i have watched them theirs, there is not to question why.

please work with us. please do not work against us. i yield back. mr. kingston: how much time do we have left. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia has eight minutes. the gentleman from virginia has 2 1/2 minutes. mr. kingston: with that, mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from texas, a co-author of this legislation for many years, mr. gormente. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia reserves. he gentleman from texas is recognized. . . mr. bomeert: thank you. this is an important bill and i appreciate my friend who knows so much about the military, mike to haveman, for get this to the floor.

my friend and i, jack kingston, pushed this two years ago and when it became clear that both parties were going to use our military to get people to vote for a c.r. they might not otherwise have voted for. we had, i think over 200 co-sponsors on our bill but as far as the discharge petition that would have forced it to the bill we wanted to sign on but they didn't want to go against our leadership, so i'm very grateful this bill is on the floor now. i'm very grateful. i appreciate the speaker for letting it come forward. because there's one thing the military doesn't need and that is to be in harm's way and have to worry about whether their loves ones are going to get the check that will allow them to pay their rent or for their car or is it going to get repossessed. and for my four years in the mill tear at fort benning, i'm

told it hasn't changed much from this standpoint, that people live from month to month and they don't get paid all that much. so this was critical to get this done. so i'm glad the bill is coming. i'm glad to hear our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are going to vote with us. it sounds like. and as far as the effort to have civilians paid that work for the department of defense, i would hope that my colleagues across the aisle saved a little bit of righteous indignation for the democrats at the other end of the hall. they have had the department of defense appropriations bill for months. they've been sitting on it. it would get everybody paid. it would take care of all those things we have been hearing our military is not going to be able to do because we're not passing the bill. so we need to get the senate to pass the d.o.d. bill and that will take care of that. civilians and everybody. now we passed the department of

defense bill. we passed the energy and water bill. we passed the department of homeland security. they hadn't taken up neg. we passed the veterans bill. they hadn't taken up any of those. they've been sitting around talking about how the republicans are out of control at the end of the hall. yet we have democrats in this town that say, we'll be flexible with putin, we'll be flexible and sit down and talk with iran, even though they want to destroy our way of life but, oh, no, the republican, won't talk to wem -- won't talk with them. i know we share a love for america and wanting to do the right thing but for heaven's sake, have as much flexibility with the republicans as you do with the russians and iranians. that shouldn't be too much to ask. george washington had a prayer he prayed we would never forget those who served in the field. i'm glad this bill will remember them. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the

gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. wolf: at this time i yield one minute -- mr. moran: i yield one minute to the distinguished gentlelady from new york, the ranking member of the full appropriations committee, ms. lowey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, it is 48 hours, 30 minutes before the republicans plan to shut down this government. of course there will be bipartisan support for this bill. however, this bill to continue funding the military is a farce. the bill claims to support the troops, but fails to provide them materials essential to support forces and maintain the readiness of our deployed forces. in f.y. 2014, the administration requested funds for operation and maintenance and procurement accounts that provide supplies, maintenance, ammunition, equipment needed for the troops. the bill by the majority to fund the troops would not

provide this material to support the troops. so again, i say to my colleagues, on the other side of the aisle, aren't we embarrassed to be part of this dysfunctional congress with all the work that's been done that must be done in our districts back home? we should begin to work together, not just say it's inevitable that we're fwoning to close the goth down, let's do it, we can do it and do it now. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia reserves. the gentleman from verge has a minute and a half remaining. the gentleman from georgia is recognized and the gentleman from georgia has five minutes remaning. mr. kingston: i yield myself a minute and a half. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute and a half. mr. kingston: i want to remind everybody we're here, not because of the house republican appropriations committee but because of the senate democrat appropriations committee. which today -- to date, has not passed one single bill.

we've passed the defense bill. we've passed homeland security. we've passed military construction. what has harry reid and "the democrat"s, the members of your party, done? zero. not one bill. what did they do last brother? we passed seven appropriations bills. what did harry reid and the democrats to in the senate? they passed one. that's why we're here debating the continuing resolution. it's not our desire to be here on this. we would rather have regular order. indeed, we have worked hard for regular order. but mr. speaker, i have the honor of representing moody air force base, the town send bombing range, the 224 signal group and -- in brunswick georgia, the 165th air wing in savannah georgia, the combat readiness cent for the savannah, georgia. kings bay naval bay in st.

mary's georgia. member os they have 48th brigade all over my district. i have marines, i have three coast forward stations, on their behalf we cannot let their pay be interrupted. the duty -- the things that these fighting men and women in uniform are doing for the united states of america should be off the table. that's why we're here in support of this bill. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. moran: mr. speaker, since i have only a minute and a half, i think i'll let the gentleman from georgia yield to further speakers. i do want to engage and ask if the gentleman would yield some teem, though, if he has time veable, to enfweage in a little colloquy, but on his time. mr. kingston: how much time do we have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia has 3 1/2 minutes.

mr. kingston: 3 1/2? the speaker pro tempore: and the gentleman from georgia has a minute and a half. mr. kingston: mr. speaker, i have our last speaker who is going to close for us, mr. coffman, is going to consume three minutes. if the gentleman wants to talk in 30 seconds, i'll accommodate my friend. mr. moran: i appreciate that. the gentleman yields to me? r. kengton i yield 30 seconds. mr. moran: let me ask if he knows in the senate why the minority has insisted on the cloture rules and filibustered and why they have not appointed conferees to the budget conference. mr. kingston: i would only say this, it is hard to figure out what the united states senate is doing under harry reid's leadership. >> the house is not in order.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired this egentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. moran: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. kingston: i reserve the balance of my time to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: then mr. speaker, at this time i yield one minute to my good friend from north carolina on the ranking member on the homeland security appropriations committeele the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, most of us will fix this -- vote for this bill but it's not going to fecks what's going to happen with the government shutdown nor can it mask what's happening, a republican government shutdown. threatening to shut down the government if they don't get their way politically. mr. price: it's been confusing tonight all this talk about who is willing to negotiate. republicans know very well it is they who refused to go to

conference with the senate on the budget. they know it's their leaders who have cut off discussions of a comprehensive budget deal with the president back in december. what they're doing tonight is the opposite of negotiation. take it or leave it poll techs, threatening government collapse in pursuit of an economic agenda they couldn't advance by legitimate means. we need to bet tobacco to basics, keep the government open, pay the country's bills and institute a real and comprehensive budget plan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from virginia

231 and the nays are 192, the segged portion of the divided question is adopted.

the the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is vote the r. 3210 on the which yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 3210, a bill making continuing appropriations for military pay in the event of a military shutdown. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. his is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of

representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 423 and nays are zero and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is vote on the motion of the the gentleman from california, mr. royce, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2848 as amended on which yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2848, a bill to authorize appropriations for the department of state for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended.

members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.]

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 384, the nays are 37. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and bob the motion to reconsider is pass -- the -- the motion to

reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 10:00 a.m. on monday, september 30, 2013. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute peeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. he house will be ined or . -- in order. the house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized.

mr. waxman: on friday, the world's best scientists rened -- rendered a con clues i verdict that climate cheage is real, it's caused by human activity and its consequences will be catastrophic. what the seen tists are telling is not as -- im that the claim that we are causing climate change is as strong as that tobacco causes long cancer. the administration and government departments are working to help the environment. here in congress, they are ignoring the science. they are tying the hnds of the rescue squads. this is willful ignorance, it's endeaging the world our chern and future generations will inherit. this is wrong. it's immoral, we must not

become the last bastion of the flat earth society. we need to act and we need to act now. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman yields back his time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn.

those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00

noncontroversial tweaks to the underlying legislation. i am proposing an amendment to the senate amendment that makes three changes. the in date would be changed back to what we sent to the senate, that is december 15. on thebeen flexible length of the cr, but a later date will provide us the additional time should we needed to reach an agreement on the overall discretionary number and to complete the regular fiscaliations bills for

two thousand 14. once we get that number, we will be able to, on the house side, work out the details of the 12 appropriations bills and then in turn do the same work with the other body. that is going to take some time therefore, december 15 is a more realistic number than november 15. my amendment would also make a technical change to one of the anomalies for the eisenhower commission added by the senate. that change will simply allow the current status of the project to be maintained. astly, my amendment would add new anomaly to extend the authority for the united states to issue special immigrant visas . this authority is necessary to ensure that the visas continue for iraqis who assisted the u.s.

during the war, many of whom put their lives on the line to do so. i believe the house can readily accept these changes to pass the good governance and keep the lights on in our government as we continue to work toward a solution to our many fiscal problems. come --e future of this of this country is on the line. colleagues our weighed the gravity of the situation and act accordingly. while i believe that a continuing resolution is not the proper way to fund the government, it is absolutely necessary in the situation we are in that we passed this legislation today, mr. chairman. i thank the chairman and the committee for your attention.

>> chairman rogers, thank you very much. your testimony is very clear to me and i appreciate the simplicity by which you added the other ideas that the senate has put on. you'redelighted that with us today. we thank you for joining us and you are now recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman, i versionose the latest of the continuing resolution which borders on the ridiculous to me. last week i testified that chairman rogers and i would have to come back when we were faced with another crisis. once again, here we are, discussing yet another unworkable republican bill that pushes us closer to a completely avoidable and unnecessary shutdown. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know full well that the president will never sign a continuing resolution with extraneous provisions attempting

to roll back the affordable care , signed by the president and upheld by the supreme court. undermining the implementation of the aca only gives our medical choices back to the insurance companies and keeps health insurance cost too high for too many families. these aca riders are dead on arrival in their opinion. this is neither the time or the -- to litigatete healthcare reform. we are today is from a government shutdown. the effect from eight x manship slows growth and injects uncertainty into an economy just

getting back on its feet. my republican colleagues unfortunately are playing with fire. the bill before us is a waste of valuable time we should be using to reach bipartisan solutions to sustained economic recovery and put more americans to work. finally, the house majority also intends to vote on a separate though ensuring our troops are paid in the event of a government shutdown. as the new york times said an admission that the shutdown is all but sealed. if republicans really don't want to shutdown, they wouldn't be putting up a bill to avert one of the most politically damaging results. as you know, my colleague chairman rogers and i worked

very close together in a bipartisan way. we were hoping that we can complete our work, complete all 12 bills, work with the senate to come up with a number that is agreeable. that is what conferences are all about. unfortunately, we are here today , so i really urge my colleagues to stop this madness by rejecting this version of a continuing resolution. we already know it's faith, we need to act responsibly and immediately pass a clean cr to keep the government functioning. i yield back. -- ms. thank you very much. i want to thank both of you

equally for not only representing the minority leader pelosi, but also the gentleman, mr. rogers representing the speaker of the house tonight. i want to thank both of you. -- it will allow the american people the opportunity as well as all the members a chance to be heard from and to dig in on either side or point they would like to make. i would like to thank both of you for being here. i have no questions. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i thank my colleagues for being here. i have no questions. much, mr.ou very chairman. i have a lot of respect for both of you. what we are here for, we know exactly what is going to happen here. a vote for this rule to light and for this bill is for a government shutdown. there's no two ways about it.

the administration strongly opposes the amendment. making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. the senate acted in a responsible manner on short-term maintaineasure to government functions and avoid a damaging government shutdown. rather than taking up that legislation, the house proposes an amendment that advances in narrow head look -- narrow ideological position and threaten the nation's economy. by including extraneous measures that have no place on a funding , house republicans are pushing the government towards shutdown. the house of representatives should pass a senate bill h s racz 59. the continuing resolution provides a short-term bridge to allow government to operate without interruption. the administration looks forward to working with congress on a pro-stations -- on

appropriations that replace sequestration. it preserves funding for critical priorities protects national security, makes investments to spur economic growth and job creation for years to come. if the president was presented 59 with the amendments, he would veto the bill. have lived who through government shutdown of the pain and the anguish that it causes. hast of pain and anguish already been caused already chest with the thought of the shutdown. believe me, you have not seen anything yet until one happens. gentleman,k hurt >> mr. bishop. you, has asked last time about the additional money that is put in for wildfire

suppression. i thank you very much. i don't think there's anything i could say or ask or that any of us could say or ask that couldn't be done on the floor or shouldn't be done on the floor so i yield back. >> i want to thank you both for being here. it is hard for me to believe that we are meeting at this late hour with two and a half days left before a government shutdown considering a bill that is surely going to lead to a shutdown. the ranking member just read the administration statement of policy which is not a recommendation of a veto but it is an absolute veto the senate majority leader has made his views clear this is not going anywhere in the senate even senator john mccain in politico says that this is a bad idea that is going nowhere in the senate and made a point that elections do have consequences. .

.he votes are there it is too big a deal to make this gamesmanship. -- theof these policies defunding of the affordable care -- if that were to become the law of the land it would have serious consequences. you are able to get on your parents insurance if you need to today. if this would become the law of the land on tuesday, you would not able to do that anymore. among other things. to me, this is the wrong thing to do, but i was hoping that the grownups in the republican conference would prevail and we wouldn't be here, we would be

doing a clean cr, but i guess that is not the case. i will be seeing on the floor in a while. >> you say the president has threatened to veto the bill. he hasn't threatened. he has run a redline? -- he has drawn a red line? i think he isat? very serious about this. it isnot just about him, about a lot of people who are entitled to healthcare in this country who are now in jeopardy of not getting it if this were to prevail. i thank the gentleman for being here. oklahoma,tleman from chairman coal. -- chairman cole.

i think there is a a lot of confusion about the language will or won't do. i thank you both for being here. >> by the way, we meant to say publicly what we did at the end of the meeting. mrs. slaughter and i welcome you back after a very tumultuous time that i know you have had and many people in colorado. our expectations of your colleagues did materialize, we held a vigil for you while you are busy and wish you the very best and are delighted that you are back. >> thank you, mr. chair. i thank members of the committee for reaching out during the time of floods and have a quick question on that.

i know that the chairman mr. rogers was kind enough to do a colloquy with my colleague, mr. capner, with regards to the for the state aid for transportation assistance. i want to thank them for doing so and inquire what the fast- forward is either in the cr, since it was only presented to us now. maybe you can let us know whether it is in here are not path if not, what are forward is for lifting the state cap on the transportation emergency funds. >> let me add to the chairman's comments about colorado and the terrible ordeal that you are going through their. he checked on it immediately upon the word from out there. presently, the states eligible disaster money, especially for debris removal. there is a balance of 9.1

billion. the cr will provide an additional $7 billion for fiscal 2014, so there is plenty of that in that fund to cover section of your destruction. forstate is also eligible $153 million in emergency relief program for highways and $100 million in the sandy supplemental for the same program. as you mentioned, representative cory gardner introduced a bill which would expand colorado's eligibility to receive previously appropriated dollars for highway reconstruction. that bill is waiting consideration in the house. we have been pleased to work with him. he has been a bulldog in pushing that legislation and for aid to his state. we will continue to work with and weyou see the need

will try to answer any questions you have along the way. we want to help. thank you for clarifying for my colleague's. fund.is money in the lifting of athe policy cap on the state. it will only cover a small percentage of the damage to the infrastructure, extensive infrastructure of roads on that as well. i had the opportunity to speak with the ranking member ms. lowe y on raising that cap. say, mr. just chairman, if i may, that these are the kinds of terrible have caused so much suffering, so much loss of life when you talk to me about how theypills and

needed millions of dollars more for repair. one of the reasons for my career in congress would have been proud to serve on the appropriations committee. our committee was very helpful in responding to sandy in new york and i am glad that together we have been able to work to provide a partnership for all the hard-working people in colorado who are still suffering and doing their own work to try and repair, but it is another example of how important our government is in this appropriations committee. we have a role to play in emergency such as this and we should continue. you continued strength and good luck. >> we look forward to hopefully getting this into some piece of legislation that reaches the

president's desk, whether it is a must pass piece of legislation like the cr or standalone on suspension. the committee that there is some urgency as well. in many cases we try to build roads that allow families even to get back to the homes that are unable to access and now. i yield back. >> thank you very much. with great support, this committee and the people who the forward to recognize plight that you are under, especially with the time element in colorado. thank you very much. chairman, thank you. i want to concur with my very good friend from georgia, mr. woodall, looking forward to the debate on the floor, not only on the rule but also on the legislation. i think we have an opportunity to clarify some things that may be mistaken up here. i want to thank you so much. >> the derailment from orlando,

florida. >> the gentleman from lewisville, texas. >> thank you very much, the both of you. we appreciate you taking the time. you are not excused. we look forward to seeing you in just a few minutes on the floor and thank you very much. mr.next panel -- thank you, chairman. thank you very much. -- nita, thank you very very much. the gentleman from florida, ms. .ashington scholz debbie and rosa. -- i did not mean to

suggest that you were -- i thought you were here to testify, but i am delighted that you are here. thank you very much. if anyone has anything in writing that they would like to have entered into the record, that will be done so. the gentleman from connecticut is recognized. -- the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. >> it is my understanding that the committee is considering an amendment to pass the continued resolution that will all but butidered that oh all create a shutdown. despite my reservations regarding the deep cuts, the majority is trying to use the

budget process to take the government hostage unless we delay the central provisions of the affordable care act. because of the act, americans with pre-existing conditions finally have coverage. women's health is finally on an equal footing. i understand that as part of this proposal it would strike down the preventive services provided for women's health is on an equal footing. ,aturity and pediatric efforts young people can stay on their parents plan. it was a patience and the doctors not that insurers back at the center of health care. we have experience insurance companies who have said, sorry. if your kid is in cancer treatment