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To fund the government unless it is defunded. How many times have we heard delay, defund and all that little jingle they do . That is why we are here. And now we have people coming to the floor piously urging for funding for d. C. And young people and all this kind of stuff. You know, its as if they didnt know that when they shut down the government that d. C. And young people and n. I. H. Were going to be cut. Obviously they knew it. Did they just find out after they read their bill . No, they knew it. They knew it all the time. They know it now. And we can solve everyones problem by putting the clean c. R. On this moment. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady from connecticut reserves. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Camp mr. Speaker, if i we have how much time left . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has 2 3 4. The gentlelady from connecticut has 1 1 2. Mr. Camp mr. Speaker, i yield myself 30 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 30 seconds. Mr. Kingston it scares me to death that america is going bankrupt. Our National Debt is 100 of the g. D. P. For every dollar we spend, 42 cents is borrowed. Obamacare adds to that 1. 7 trillion. If we dont get control of our spending, then we are not going to have an america as we know it. Thats what this fight is about. Now, what were trying to do today is say, there are tiny steps in which there is an agreement. And the n. I. H. Is one of them. Weve already done this for military pay. This bill should not be a stretch. It should have widespread bipartisan support. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman reserves. Mr. Kingston if i could say to my friend, we have one more speaker who will close, and so if youll go ahead and ms. Delauro ill close and then you close. We got another speaker. Mr. Kingston well reserve the right to close. Ms. Delauro yes, you have the right. Is it just you . Mr. Kingston actually, im going to yield the balance of the time to dr. Harris. Ms. Delauro i see, dr. Harris is going to close, is that correct . The speaker pro tempore . Delauro its still in the mr. Kingston its still in the family. Ms. Delauro always in the family. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from connecticut. Ms. Delauro let me say quickly to the gentleman from georgia, the Affordable Care act has aunched, its the law of the land. Im sorry to tell you, friends on the other side of the aisle, get over it. It is the law of the land. What we have here is really quite frankly a reckless behavior on the part of the majority, and what you have done is to shut this government down and instead of wasting time trying to play politics and instead of cherrypicking important programs like the n. I. H. To fund, we should be working on a budget for the entire government, open government and move to negotiation. With regard to health care issues, i think its important to note, and thats why we shouldnt be opening the government on a piecemeal basis. We need a comprehensive shortterm continuing resolution that keeps the entire government open and at work. What other activities are engaged in health that we are bypassing or ignoring or dont believe they have any priority . Center for the Disease Control, 2 3 of their personnel are now on furlough. Mportant programs like protecting Public Health going by. Monitoring for flu, other Infectious Diseases, promoting and coordinating immunizations, assistance to state and local epartments and detecting and responding to disease outbreak, better detect chronic disease, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and, yes, cancer. Food and drug administration, you sent the staff home. Our food safety is in daunger. First time hivaids and other Mental Health services. If you care about health, open the government and negotiate on a longterm c. R. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. The gentleman from georgia. Mr. Kingston mr. Speaker, ill repeat that if i could get a Democrat Party member to cosponsor a continuation of the c. D. C. Id be glad to Work Together to move that bill. With that i yield the balance of the time to the distinguished committee member, dr. Andy harris from maryland. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from maryland is recognized for the balance of the time. Mr. Harris thank you very much, mr. Speaker. When the president and senate shut down the government yesterday, i dont think they realized what was going to pediat t the n. I. P. For ric Cancer Patients. We get to solve the problem today. You see, mr. Speaker, during the temporary lapse in funding, the department of justice guidance for continuing Government Operations includes activities that protect, quote, the safety of human lives. So although over 40 of the office of the secretary were exempt from this furlough, strangely enough some lawyer in the executive branch decided that pediatric Cancer Patients seeking to enroll in research at n. I. H. Dont merit those Services Necessary to protect, quote, the safety of human life. Now, look, i hope everybody here disagrees with that interpretation. Having taken care of many pediatric Cancer Patients in my medical career and being a parent, we know that pediatric cancer deals with the safety of human life. Mr. Speaker, interestingly enough, to their credit the open health state stayed so if you have a cold you get treated. But if you have cancer you dont. The lab animals at n. I. H. Are being taken care of but those with pediatric cancer do not. I hope we agree they should be. This bill protects children seeking to enroll in cancer problems at the n. I. H. The president and senate have already accepted a statebystep approach when they accepted legislation over the weekend to fund our men and women in uniform during this lapse in funding. That bill was signed into law with bipartisan support, and this bill should be signed into law with bipartisan support so that we can help those Cancer Patients, especially those 30 children or so a week. Now, look, i admit, because of what the Senate Majority leader said today that we may have a tough hill to climb with this bill in the senate. But the house has to do what is right. Even if for only one child with rests with life the n. I. H. I yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. All time for debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution 370, the previous question is ordered. The question is on engrossment and third reading of the joint resolution. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. Third reading. The clerk making continuing appropriations for the National Institutes of health for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the joint resolution. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, he ayes have it. Mr. Kingston i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition . Mr. Simpson i call up joint resolution h. J. Res. 70, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the National Park operations, smithsonian institution, National Gallery of art and the United States Holocaust Memorial museum for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes and ask for its immediate consideration. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. The clerk house joint resolution, joint resolution making continuing appropriations for National Park service operations, the smithsonian institution, the National Gallery of art, and the United States Holocaust Memorial museum for fiscal year 2014 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to House Resolution 370, the joint resolution is considered as read. He joint resolution shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally divide and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on appropriations. The gentleman from idaho, mr. Simpson, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. Moran, each will control 15 minutes. The chair now recognizes the gentleman from idaho. Mr. Simpson mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. J. Res. 70 and that i may include tabular material on the same. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Simpson mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Simpson well, here we are again, mr. Speaker. We were here yesterday with republicans trying to open the Government Back up and the democrats opposing opening the Government Back up. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of this important legislation to fund the operations of the National Park service, the smithsonian institution, the u. S. Holocaust museum and the National Gallery of art. Mr. Speaker, i spoke yesterday on some of the effects of the Government Shutdown which began a couple days ago. With each passing day, we hear of more and more impacts resulting from the shutdown across the country and in our Nations Capital. I want to remind my friend on the other side of the aisle that all 401 National Park Service Units in the United States, 19 smithsonian museums and galleries, including the national zoo, the Holocaust Museum and the National Gallery of art remain closed to the public. This legislation, if adopted, would reopen these National Treasures to the American Public. Mr. Speaker, the Government Shutdown is having a real impact on real people and on the national economy. I remind my colleagues that it is estimated that the local 200 is losing up to million a day with the national zoo, smithsonian museums, Holocaust Museum and the National Gallery of art and other popular attractions closed to the public. This doesnt even begin to measure the national and International Impacts of these closures. Think of the families, the veterans groups, the group of students who all have saved for months and in some cases years to travel to our Nations Capital across the country to visit the aaron space museum, the lincoln memorial, the world war ii memorial, sports theater or the National Gallery of art. This Government Shutdown has a real impact on real people. Think of the families who made reservations to visit yosemite or yellowstone or the statue of liberty and now find these National Parks shuttered today. This Government Shutdown has real impacts on real people. Think of the impact the Government Shutdown is having on ford theater, one of the most hallowed National Historic sites in our country. T only are tourists denied entrances, but its forced it to be shut down. Think of the young people that have a National Park Service Permit to get married at the Jefferson Memorial this saturday. Their families are arriving from all over the country, over 130 people, for what should be the happiest day of this new couples life. But because the Government Shutdown, they are not able to t married at the Jefferson Memorial and and are scrambling to find an alternate location to get married. Lets pass this bill so millions of americans can enjoy our National Parks and this couple can get married at the Jefferson Memorial. Theres a photo on the front page of todays Washington Post showing National Park Service Employees putting up barricades around the Martin Luther king memorial on the national mall. Remember, this is an open area, accessible to the public, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year and we are putting barriers around it. Just down the street, barricades were put up around the world war ii memorial, again, a memorial accessible to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Fortunately, these temporary barriers didnt stop members of the greatest generation in their 80s and 90s, many of them in wheelchairs, from storming the barricades so they could witness the memorial built in their honor of courage and sacrifice. Tourists visiting washington and many furloughed federal employees are today finding actual physical barriers to prevent them from experiencing our open air National Monuments honoring lincoln, jefferson, king and our world war ii heroes. At some point, congress and the president will overcome their differences over federal funding. But isnt it ironic and even cynical that when the government shuts down the president S Administration actually builds physical barriers at sites that are otherwise open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year . How cynical is that . Now, some people say they put those barriers there to protect them from vandalism. So we use the park police to put up and protect the barriers but not the monuments. That doesnt make a lot of sense to me. The. To my friends on the democratic side of the aisle, if you seek a solution to this Government Shutdown, if you seek a bipartisan solution, mr. President , you could start by tearing down these barriers. Why are the house and Senate Democrats denying the American People the right to visit these treasured sites. To my colleagues, i will close with this thought, by opposing this legislation, you are voting to keep our National Parks closed, keep yellowstone closed, statue of liberty closed,fords theater, smithsonian, national zoo, Holocaust Museum, National Gallery of art, all closed. We should not be using our National Parks, the smithsonian, national zoo, Holocaust Museum and National Gallery of art as hostages for the democratic my way or the highway shutdown and this is what this is. You either agree with us or we will shut the government down. We just simply wanted to go to conference. But no, thats not good enough. We cant go to conference and talk about these differences, so lets shut it down and thats what the Democratic Party has done. This is a commonsense bill and i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and lets reopen these National Treasures. The speaker pro tempore the the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentleman from virginia is ecognized. Mr. Moran mr. Speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. R. Moran mr. Speaker, as yogi bera would say it is deja vu all over again. The majority rushed to the floor this very bill to partially open the smithsonian, Holocaust Museum and National Gallery of art. We had a spirited debate and the house failed to pass this bill. But now here we are back again debating the very same bill. It was a bad idea yesterday, and it certainly hasnt improved over the last 24 hours. Ill explain why. Because instead of reopening the entire federal government or even the entire interior department, the majority has resorted to sing willing out publicly visible programs for action while leaving thousands of important functions of government shut down and hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed. Its time to stop using federal employees as pawns in this cynical game. Mr. Speaker, this g. O. P. Act of desperation is evidence of how politically bankrupt their position has become. It is degenerating down to picking winners and losers among federal workers. The Am