mr. mcdermott. >> a mistake to go for a short one.ou ought to raise it so you can get through the next six months or next year. it doesn't -- we are going to raise the debt limit. we have raised it 111 times. since clinton was president of the united states. and we're going to raise it again and again and again. and you might as well just admit it. and do it. it's -- it's silly -- and very, very bad for the country. not to go ahead and do it. >> mr. moran, you represent the district across the potomac from the white house. every day when you walk around old town alexandria, what's the mood in terms of the shutdown? >> they're distraught, chris. these are people who want to be working. fortunately we were able to get, our bill passed saturday, to pay them. make a compelling case. if we are going to pay them. they should be working for their way. and contractors, more contractors and federal employees that are out of work. this is going to take a big bite out of our economy. billions of dollars. it will be all over the country. the amer

mr. mcdermott is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rangel has asked me to correct something. the vote coming out of the committee was on a party line vote. there were no republicans who voted for it when it left this committee. or there were 81 who finally voted for it, mostly progressives, but there's none left in the congress. >> yes, 84% of republicans voted for the social security act 77 years ago. i'm glad we're debating current events. >> reclaiming my time, mr. chairman. with the way my republican colleagues have been fretting over the success of the affordable care act exchanges, you'd never know they spent $24 billion shutting down the country to get rid of it. suddenly they seem desperate to see a bill that they didn't want actually work. it's like the annie hall joke. the exchanges are terrible, and not enough people can enroll. now, this is one of the biggest reforms our country has ever made and we are only four weeks into medicare -- or into it. medicare wasn't built in a day. part d didn't roll out with snags along the way. as others have mentioned, many of the

mr. mcdermott, for 4 1/2 minutes. mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. r. mcdermott: mr. president -- mr. speaker, as we have this debate over opening the government, i want to talk about an agency that people are not thinking about. national institutes of health started in 1887 in one room. the public health service hospital in staten island, new york. it was modeled on something that the germans had been doing for a number of years it was called the laboratory of hygiene. in 1891, it came to the d.c.. in 1901, they built the first building, the appropriation was $35,000. it was for the investigation of an infectious and contagious diseases. n 1912 in st. louis, 12 kids died when they got diptheria vaccine that was contaminated with tetanus. at that point they decided they would pass the biological control act, and that was given to the institutes of health. joseph goberson, a doctor discovered the cause of polegria, which was a scourge of the

mr. mcdermott is recognized. >> mr. ringel has asked me to correct something. the boat coming out of the committee was on a partyline vote. there were no republicans who voted on it when it left his committee, social security. you were 81 who finally voted for it. mostly progressive, but they are not left in the public. >> i am glad we are debating current events, here. >> reclaiming my time, mr. chairman. with the way my republican colleagues and been fretting over affordable care act exchanges, you would never know they spent $24 billion shutting down the country to get rid of it. suddenly, they seem desperate to see a bill they did not want actually work. it is like the "annie hall" joke. the exchanges are terrible, and not enough people can enroll. this is one of the biggest reforms our country has ever made, and we are only four weeks into it. medicare was not built in a day. in heart d -- part d did not roll out without snags along the way. many of the republicans calling for blood along this rollout are begging for patients on part d. the kinks on that r

mr. mcdermott's recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. rangel's asked me to correct something.ing out of this committee was on a party line vote. there were no republicans who voted for it when it left this committee. when social security -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> or there were 81 who finally voted for it, mostly progressives, but there's none left -- >> yes, 84% of republicans voted for the social security act, i'm glad we're debating current events here. >> reclaiming my time, mr. chairman -- [laughter] with the way my republican colleagues have been fretting over the success of the affordable care act exchanges, you'd never know they spent $24 billion shutting down the country to get be rid of it. martha: all right, we're going to keep an eye on this, and we want to bring in bob beckel because we want to get his reaction to what's going on here, and he joins me now, former democratic campaign manager and co-host of "the five." good to have you with us. obviously, a big story this morning, that millions of people who have a plan will not be able to keep it. the presi

mr. mcdermott is recognized. >> the vote coming out of this committee was on party line vote. there were no republicans who voted for it when it left this committee. >> will the gentleman yield? >> or there were 81 finally voted for it. there is none left in the congress. >> 84% of the republicans voted for the social security act 77 years ago. i'm glad we are debating current events here. >> with the way my republican colleagues have been fretting over the success of the affordable care act exchanges, you never know they spent $24 billion shutting down the country to get rid of it. suddenly they seem desperate to see a bill they didn't want. the exchanges are terrible and not enough people can enroll. this is one of the biggest reforms our country ever made and we are only four weeks into it. medicare wasn't built in a day. part d didn't roll out with snags along the way. as others mentioned, many of the republicans who are now calling for blood over this rollout were begging for patience on part d. the kinks of that rollout were easily brushed off by many gop alarmists who s

mr. mcdermott: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, the republican caucus is standing out here naked, and ey keep bringing fig leafs out to cover themselves. this is another fig leaf. it is not intended to do anything. at the end of the second world war, it was determined that 43% of the people who were drafted were unfit for military service because of nutritional deficiencies. we had a public policy from that point onward fed people at every level. school lunches, head start, w.i.c. program, snap, they have all been designed at making this a healthy country. one of my colleagues says, well, this has nothing to do with obamacare. it has everything to do with obamacare. if you don't feed kids the proper things, they get sick. everybody knows that apparently except the republican caucus, mr. chair -- mr. speaker. the fact is what we need to do is to bring out a clean resolution and reopen the overnment and feed all the people. this isn't about picking one group th