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FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Dean Heller (Republican, NV) \u2014 2018-1-20

once again, I think Washington, DC, has lost its mind. It is shameful that the minority party has engineered a government shutdown at the expense of our troops and their families, at the expense of our veterans, and at the expense of our children's healthcare. To me, this is politics at its very worst. prgtoken Just like every American--the public that is out there--I am frustrated. I am frustrated that I have to come to the floor to talk about Congress once again failing the American public by not doing our jobs. prgtoken At the risk of sounding like a broken record, time after time, Congress has blown past our deadline to complete all the current fiscal year appropriations and has punted on our responsibilities. Now, today, the government has been shut down. prgtoken For years, I have been talking about how it is Congress's most basic responsibility to create a budget and pass all the appropriations bills on time. While some things in the Senate change, others just stay the same. While the majority has been working to restore normal budgeting practices, I am disappointed that my colleagues across the aisle have spent their time doing everything they can to avoid deadlines and choose routes of not working on appropriations bills and now have shut down this government. Not only is this disappointing, it is also not a surprise, given recent history. prgtoken I have personally never seen Congress pass all 12 appropriations bills on time and on its own without an omnibus. prgtoken I have said this before, and I want to inform my colleagues that in recent history, Congress has been able to accomplish its regular budget and appropriations processes. For example, it happened under President Clinton with a Congress. It happened under President Reagan with a ic Congress. prgtoken I have always said Washington is a pain-free zone that faces no consequences if Members fail to do their jobs. Maybe it is time to start facing some pain around here. That is why I have reintroduced-- and have introduced for years--my No Budget, No Pay Act. Regardless of who is in the majority or who is in the minority, my No Budget, No Pay legislation says that if Members of Congress do not pass an annual concurrent budget resolution and all 12 spending bills on time each year, then they should not get paid. I want to repeat that last part: If Congress fails to pass all 12 spending bills on time each year, then they should not get paid. prgtoken Both Chambers of Congress should pass all 12 appropriations bills on time every year. That is doing our job, and if you don't do your job, you don't get paid. So it is that simple. Most Americans sit around the kitchen table each night paying their bills. Why should Congress be different? It is time for some real responsibility and some real accountability in our Nation's capital. prgtoken Since I have introduced No Budget, No Pay, I have been getting a lot of positive
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Luke Messer (Republican, IN) \u2014 2018-1-20

the Schumer shutdown is proving, once again, that the U.S. Senate is broken. prgtoken The House did its job and voted to keep the government open. Now both s and in the Senate need to do their job, too. prgtoken Unfortunately, because of the filibuster, the Senate is being governed by a liberal minority that would rather shut down the government and play politics than pass President 's agenda and listen to the will of the American people. prgtoken If they don't want to do their jobs, then we need to move on without them. It is time to end the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The American people demand it. The Senate needs to change its rules. prgtoken If there was no filibuster, this government shutdown would already be over, because the bill for government funding got 50 votes in the Senate last night. prgtoken So let's stop the political games. End the filibuster, open our government, and put the American people back in charge.
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Pete Sessions (Republican, TX) \u2014 2018-1-20

as much time as I may consume. prgtoken , there was a question about the President. The President does not vote in the House or the Senate. Those people who voted ``yes'' were for funding the government, those who voted ``no'' were for shutting down the government. prgtoken The President of the United States, through what is called a Statement of Administration Policy, advised the Rules Committee on January 17 that he would be signing the bill. The President said he was for the bill. prgtoken , the Armed Forces Network is operated by the U.S. Armed Forces, which broadcasts popular television programs to the United States Government, civilians, and their families, especially those at bases and overseas, including ships at sea. prgtoken Because of the Schumer shutdown, Armed Forces Network services will go off the air. That means that tomorrow--the NFL championship Sunday-- our servicemen all around the globe will be unable to participate in the things that we do here in the United States, yet another example of why a ``yes'' vote would have been for the men and women of our military. prgtoken , I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the distinguished majority leader.
OPEN THE GOVERNMENT BACK UP
Paul D. Ryan (Republican, WI) \u2014 2018-1-20

at this hour, the Federal Government is needlessly shut down because of Senate . One party in one House of this Congress is deliberately holding our government hostage. This did not need to happen. prgtoken , it is important for people to understand why this is happening. On Thursday, this House responsibly passed a bill to keep the government open and to extend the Children's Health Insurance Program which covers nearly 9 million children who come from low-income families. No games. No strings attached. A straightforward bill. We did our job. prgtoken But Senate simply refused to do theirs. Last night, they used the filibuster to block our bill and to shut down the government. But why? What exactly in this bill was it that the Senate opposed? Why would they do such a thing? What do they find so objectionable? What do they disagree with? What is so objectionable that it is worth holding the entire government hostage? prgtoken Was it funding for our military? prgtoken Was it the Children's Health Insurance Program? prgtoken Is it funding for the Veterans Administration? prgtoken Is it funding for our National Parks? prgtoken What is it? prgtoken The answer is, they have no problems with any of it, and, yet, they are blocking this legislation anyway. That is right: Senate shut down the government over a bill that they have no issues with. They opposed a bill they don't even oppose. prgtoken We do some crazy things in Washington, but this is utter madness. Here is the simple truth: Senate refuse to fund the government unless we agree to their demands on something entirely unrelated. They want a deal on immigration, and then they will think about reopening the government. It is a shakedown strategy that Senate have been talked into by their base. prgtoken Now, I could go on and on about how cynical I think this ploy is--and I certainly do--but let me read you something Senator Schumer himself said in 2013, the last time we found ourselves in this position with a government shutdown. prgtoken Here is what in 2013 during a government shutdown Senator Schumer said: ``No matter how strongly one feels about an issue, you shouldn't hold millions of people hostage. That's what the other side is doing. That's wrong, and we can't give in to that.'' prgtoken Let me repeat that first line: ``No matter how strongly one feels about an issue, you shouldn't hold millions of people hostage.'' prgtoken He was right. You shouldn't. But that is exactly what he and his party are doing right now. prgtoken Here is something else that Senator Schumer said in 2013. ``I believe in immigration reform. What if I persuaded my caucus to say, `I'm going to shut the government down, I am going to not pay our bills unless I get my way?' It's a politics of idiocy, of confrontation, of paralysis.'' ``Politics of idiocy.'' His words, not mine. prgtoken Here is one more quote from Senator Schum
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Dan Sullivan (Republican, AK) \u2014 2018-1-20

as we all know, right now the government is in a shutdown. It is unfortunate. I certainly don't think it should have happened last night. prgtoken But I think there is some good news. Watching some of the speeches today, we see a lot of ideas coming to the floor, a lot of bipartisan ideas on a lot of key issues that hopefully our country is going to make some progress on. Let me give a few examples for those who have been watching and those who haven't. prgtoken The Presiding Officer, my friend from Arizona--I am not trying to embarrass him or anything. I watched his speech a couple hours ago on the way forward and what we can do to break through this unfortunate circumstance we have right now, and he certainly has a lot of good ideas. I commend him and appreciate his leadership on those issues. prgtoken My good friend, the Senator from Maine, Senator King, was down here talking about continuing resolutions and these huge omnibuses, and I would agree with him completely. As a matter of fact, Senator King and I had a long discussion on the floor last night about how the system is broken. There are a number of Senators--I think some of the newer Senators--who see it that way. This is no way to move forward, to fund our government with these continuing resolutions and huge omnibuses at the end of the year. So a number of us--and I think it is bipartisan-- want to look at reforms to fix this. Senator Perdue of Georgia has been leading efforts. I think it is very important--and I certainly am part of that group--to look at longer term fixes. prgtoken The Senator from Michigan came down and talked about community health centers. Community health centers are incredibly important for my State of Alaska. Ten percent of all community health centers in the country-- 160--are in my State. So I couldn't agree more about the necessity to move forward on more stable funding. prgtoken A number of Senators were just down on the floor giving very passionate remarks about the Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP. Again, it is very important in my State. A lot of people in this country are concerned about the reauthorization of CHIP, and there were some passionate statements on the floor. I would say to my colleagues respectfully, and I respect all of them and welcome the opportunity to work with all of them, they didn't actually address one issue. When they said that a lot of Americans have been worried about this happening for the last 3 months, they didn't actually say why they didn't vote to reauthorize it last night for a 6-year reauthorization. prgtoken The Senator from Ohio talked about how people were worried and concerned. Well, guess what--last night he had the opportunity to get rid of their worries and concerns. And when they woke up this morning, they were still worried and concerned, and so are my Alaskan constituents, which is why I voted for the bill last night. Had they voted for the bill on CHI
IT IS TIME WE GET BACK TO WORK
Doug LaMalfa (Republican, CA) \u2014 2018-1-20

we are about 9 hours into the Schumer shutdown, which is basically Senate holding the United States--320 million people--hostage over an executive order made by President to benefit 690,000 people here illegally, the DACA program. prgtoken The DACA program has nothing to do with funding the government for the next 4 weeks. There is plenty of time to continue to address the conversation on DACA, which is underway on a bipartisan basis, for something that is due in 2 months. prgtoken President rightly decided to rescind what was done by a previous executive order so we can abide by the law and put a good law in place that addresses border security; chain migration; and what to do with those here illegally, which there is a lot of sympathy for across this country for those minors who are here under DACA. prgtoken , it is time we get back to work and put this country to work again and not hold 320 million Americans ransom in order to do this for a handful of illegal immigrants in this country. prgtoken We need to get back to work and reopen the government so we are not shutting down the CHIP program we passed, the National Guard, et cetera.
OPEN THE GOVERNMENT
Ryan A. Costello (Republican, PA) \u2014 2018-1-20

I rise today in great frustration with the partisanship that is being shown about a bipartisan program to help children and about keeping our government open. prgtoken The Children's Health Insurance Program provides affordable and comprehensive medical coverage for children under 19 whose families do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot access insurance through a private plan. prgtoken Thousands of my constituents rely on this program, and we are trying to reauthorize it for 6 years, the longest in the program's history. prgtoken , there is nothing controversial about CHIP. Keeping the government open is a fundamental responsibility of Congress, and a government shutdown is irresponsible and unproductive. We must provide certainty to servicemembers and Federal workers who rely on a functioning government to support their families. prgtoken , I urge my colleagues, particularly those on the other side of the aisle, to prevail upon Senate to open the government up. We can continue these important policy discussions with an open government.
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Liz Cheney (Republican, WY) \u2014 2018-1-20

I understand why our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are having a hard time keeping track of their arguments. prgtoken We watched yesterday the distinguished minority whip stand up and say that we ought to do our work, and then move to adjourn. prgtoken , we watched today, repeatedly, while our colleagues on the other side of the aisle claim that they believe in providing funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, yet they voted against it. prgtoken We have watched repeatedly, , our colleagues on the other side of the aisle go down the list of all of the damage that is being done by this shutdown, but they won't end the shutdown. prgtoken We agree, the shutdown is absolutely unconscionable in these circumstances. Every time, , a Member on the other side of the aisle--who failed to vote for all 12 of those appropriations bills that we put on the floor and we passed through this House--stands up and talks about us doing our job needs to look in the mirror, Mr because we have done our job. prgtoken In particular, , when it comes to the defense of this Nation, we have no higher obligation or sacred duty or responsibility in this House than to provide funding for our men and women in uniform. prgtoken With all due respect, , when I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say things like, ``Our military will be just fine under this shutdown,'' I would remind them that we have young men and women in uniform on the front lines right now, who are putting their lives on the line for all of us, and they are not getting paid because Chuck Schumer and the in the Senate are refusing to be in a position where they will let this government reopen. prgtoken Now, I am sure that our colleagues don't want us to remember and remind the American people what they have done or what their leaders have said, but we will do it every single time until this absolutely unconscionable, complete dereliction of our duty stops. prgtoken End this shutdown and fund our troops.
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
John Cornyn (Republican, TX) \u2014 2018-1-20

I want to thank the Senator from Arizona who spent an awful lot of time and energy on this topic. I am committed to working with him and all of our colleagues to come up with a solution well in advance of the March 5 deadline. One thing I hope he will work with me to confirm is, my understanding is the March 5 deadline means the current DACA recipients can no longer register again for an additional 2 years and qualify for an additional work permit. I think--but I could be mistaken--it doesn't mean they are subject to deportation. What it means is, they can't sign up again for another 2 years, and they will potentially lose their work permit. prgtoken Having said that, I am not diminishing the urgency of the timeline, and I am committed to working with him and others to try to beat that well in advance during the month of February. I think it does create enormous anxiety for these young people whom I have met, as the Senator from Arizona has. They don't know what their future looks like, and they need to get the certainty that comes along with us giving them a permanent solution which, again, I am committed to do. So I want to make sure I understand exactly what happens March 5, and I described what I think happens. prgtoken I also know the administration, the Department of Homeland Security, does not prioritize people unless they have committed crimes or otherwise abused the privilege of staying in the United States. Peaceful, law-abiding individuals who have violated the immigration laws--and, of course, these young adults are not culpable in any manner because they came here with their parents so they are pretty blameless, in my book. The point is, I don't think they would be prioritized for deportation. I am confident they would not be, even if I am wrong about what happens on March 5. prgtoken , I yield momentarily to the Senator from Arizona so we could have maybe a little discussion about that. Certainly, I am committed to finding out what exactly does happens on March 5, but I have described, to the best of my knowledge, what I believe will happen.
THE HOUSE HAS DONE ITS WORK
Virginia Foxx (Republican, NC) \u2014 2018-1-20

all the news today is about the Schumer shutdown. The House has done its work. The economy is booming. We passed a massive tax cut before the end of the year, which is bringing raises and prosperity to all segments of our economy. What is the problem? prgtoken The problem is the in the United States Senate. The in the Senate are holding government funding hostage. The people protecting this country will continue to work but won't get a paycheck; this includes firefighters, Border Patrol, and servicemembers. prgtoken We have a short-term funding bill ready for the President to sign, but are standing in the way. are endangering our national security, our veterans, and our children. The insurance of 9 million children is at risk because CHIP would not be reauthorized. prgtoken , it appears as though the want to take away attention from the wonderful economy we have. We need to pass this bill and move on.
FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017
Marco Rubio (Republican, FL) \u2014 2018-1-20

it might surprise some people here that while what we are dealing with here is important, we are not the center of the universe. All across this country, as I was reminded this morning when calling home and speaking with friends and family and my wife and my children, life goes on. prgtoken Most Americans, I think, are aware that there is an issue going on here in Washington, DC, with regard to funding the government. But I doubt very few of them are sitting in front of the CNN countdown clock, where I guess now we are on the ticker because we are into the shutdown, living it--some sort of reality drama. It doesn't mean it is not important, but it is a reality that life goes on. People aren't following this every single day and aren't checking their phones on a 15-minute basis to find out how this thing is going to be fixed. prgtoken I think a lot of people are a little bit confused about what is happening here. If you are just listening to it off the top, in between things or maybe on the radio, maybe some people have the perception that this is all about a disagreement regarding the budget and/or a disagreement solely about an issue that is of critical importance, and we need to deal with it right away. That is just not accurate. I will get to that in a moment. But it is still hard for people to understand how this happens. prgtoken When I explain to people where we are and how we got here, it doesn't make sense to a lot of people. I want to begin by saying, the Bible says that there is nothing new under the Sun. It is one of the things that came into my mind early this morning. prgtoken I had occasion a few weeks ago, around the New Year, to spend some time with my family at the wonderful national park facilities, which I hope are open today, in Philadelphia and in the halls where our Constitution, the very document that designed our system of government, that each of us appeals to, that each of us has sworn allegiance to, was debated. That debate was a contentious one. It began on the 23rd of May and ended on the 17th of September of the year 1787. It was actually contentious from the start. In fact, the New York delegation stayed only a few days, and the delegation from Rhode Island straight- out boycotted it. prgtoken What is ironic, by the way, is one of the most contentious issues in that Constitutional Convention was the creation of the Senate. The creation of this body was a heated discussion. We don't know a lot about the details of that discussion because they had closed the windows, even though it was hot. They didn't go around talking about it. There weren't 24-hour news cycles and Twitter, but we know it was contentious. We know that in the end, this Constitution that we all swear allegiance to and that for over two centuries has helped create an exceptional system of government was approved by 39 of the 55 delegates. prgtoken There were people who voted against the Constitution.
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Bradley Byrne (Republican, AL) \u2014 2018-1-20

where was I before my poster of Senator Schumer was ruled in order? Oh, yes, government shutdowns have devastating implications on so many different areas, especially when it comes to our Nation's military. prgtoken All Active-Duty military personnel will come to work, but they cannot be paid. Critical maintenance operations and training that are not directly related to ongoing military operations are forced to stop, all because of the Schumer shutdown. prgtoken , the government funding bill in question also includes 6 years of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as ALL Kids in Alabama, but Minority Leader Pelosi recently said that the efforts to fund the government and fund CHIP are like a bowl of doggy- doo. I can assure the minority leader that funding for ALL Kids in Alabama isn't doggy-doo to the over 150,000 children in my State who receive insurance through the program. prgtoken , I have a message to my colleagues in the Senate: Enough is enough.