mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: for well over a year, republicans have forced our country to lurch from one politically manufactured crisis to another. last year they cost us over $1 billion in a manufactured crisis over the debt limit. they began new year's day with a last-second pullback from a plunge over the fiscal cliff. and now they're up to their old shenanigans of shutting down the government and that manufactured crisis is just a few days before the next one they've mfed over the full faith and credit of the united states. this is no way to run a congress and it's no way to run a country. and the only path out is the same path that allowed us to escape the disaster on new year's day. and that is to permit the same action that we took that finally got relief for the hurricane sandy victims. and the only way we passed vite lens against women act -- we passed the violence against women act. and that's to let majority rule apply on the floor of this house. until we do that we will have a crisis. does th

mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, mr. doggett, is recognized for two minutes. mr. doggett: 19 days, in just 19 days millions of working americans can apply to receive premium assistance tax credits to help them get health insurance. these are neighbors who were previously denied coverage or who were excluded because of a pre-existing condition, or because a small employer could not afford to provide health insurance. and today's bill is about one thing and that is is to deny those americans their lawful opportunity on october 1 to obtain health care security. this bill is certainly not about fraud because there is already a comprehensive system to prevent overpayment and verify income. this very afternoon a family that suffers severe injuries in a traffic accident on i-35, or a san antonio family that is notified of a pred disease -- dread disease, those families that lack affordable health insurance are suddenly overwhelmed with medical bills and they deserve an alternative and that alternative is coming on october 1 if t

mr. doggett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. doggett: thank you. this republican let-them-starve bill would undermine what professors ferguson, baraski and harding described as a modern anti-poverty marvel. snap, they report, improves access to healthy meals for nearly one in three children. it reduces chronic illness and hospitalizations. and significantly reduces poverty and the severity of poverty. it keeps kids healthier, happier and better prepared to do their best in school. and snap is one of the most efficient government programs with a rigorous application process, high rates of payment accuracy and low rates of misuse. about a penny on the dollar. the main limitation is not that it feeds too many, but that about 30% of those eligible get nothing. we cannot snap our fingers and snap away poverty. but this bill will snap a vital lifeline. it must be rejected. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from texas. reserves. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: