mr. huffman, for five minutes. mr. uffman: thank you, speaker. this is a critical moment for the 113th congress of the united states. we have an opportunity to let this house work its will, to end the government shutdown, to protect the full faith and credit of our country, to show the whole world that after a three-week bout with insanity the duly elected representatives of the people in this congress finally came to their senses. but i'm concerned that's not where we're heading, here in the 11th house of this crisis, as we deal with the prospect of default, instead of working together to develop a budget that would work for americans, my colleagues across the aisle in the republican party continue to let reckless ideologues drive their agenda and drive all of us further into a national crisis. now, i have the honor of serving on the budget committee, and along with ranking member van hollen, the democratic members of that committee have been calling since the spring for a conference committee so we could actually work out a budget that could wo