| 00:00:15 | THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE HAS COME FORWARD WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A PLAN WHICH WOULD REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT, EXTEND THE DEBT LIMIT AND HAS SEVERAL OTHER PROVISIONS IN IT. |
| 00:00:34 | AND THE REACTION TO THAT HAS BEEN CONDEMNATION, IMMEDIATE, AUTOMATIC CONDEMNATION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER, BY THE WHITE HOUSE, BY THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE, ABSOLUTELY REJECTING THIS PROPOSAL. |
| 00:00:52 | I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. |
| 00:00:55 | I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT VISCERAL REACTION IN A MOST NEGATIVE FASHION. |
| 00:01:01 | WHY DON'T WE SAY -- WHY DON'T WE TRY SOMETHING LIKE WE USED TO DO AROUND THIS PLACE? |
| 00:01:06 | WHY DON'T WE SAY LOOK, YOU'VE GOT A PROPOSAL TO OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, WE'VE GOT A PROPOSAL TO OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, LET'S BOTH PASS, LET'S GO TO CONFERENCE, WHICH WE COULD DO IN 24 HOURS AND RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES. |
| 00:01:20 | I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLLING DATA SAYS. |
| 00:01:23 | THAT 74% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DISPROVE -- DISAPPROVE OF THE REPUBLICAN HANDLING OF THIS ISSUE. |
| 00:01:29 | AND I AGREE WITH THAT. |
| 00:01:32 | SOME OF US AT THE BEGINNING THAT SAID WE'RE GOING ON A FOOL'S ERRAND TO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEFUND OBAMACARE. |
| 00:01:40 | AND WE GOT OURSELVES IN A DITCH. |
| 00:01:44 | AND WE GOT TO STOP DIGGING. |
| 00:01:47 | THAT IS WELL UNDERSTOOD HERE BY CERTAINLY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES. |
| 00:01:52 | BUT FOR THE MAJORITY LEADER AND THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO SAY ABSOLUTELY CATEGORICALLY NOT, WE WILL NOT CONSIDER WHAT THE REPUBLICANS IN THE THOUSANDS -- THE THE HOUSE ARE DOING, IN MY VIEW IS PILING ON. |
| 00:02:09 | IT'S PILING ON AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. |
| 00:02:12 | SO I URGE MY DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES, LET'S SIT DOWN AND WORK THIS OUT. |
| 00:02:17 | WIEWF GOT A PROPOSAL FROM THE HOUSE, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL -- WE HAVE A PROPOSAL BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS AND LET'S GET THIS RESOLVED. |
| 00:02:28 | TO CATEGORICALLY REJECT WHAT THE HOUSE AND THE SPEAKER IS DOING AND I THINK HE'S PRETTY COURAGEOUS IN WHAT HE'S DOING, IN MY VIEW IS NOT SERVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:02:38 | SO SEW LET'S TOPSTON THIS. |
| 00:02:40 | LET'S STOP IT, SIT DOWN, CONSIDER THE SPEAKER'S PROPOSAL, GET OUR PROPOSAL DONE, AND THEN GET THIS RESOLVED, WHICH WE COULD DO IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. |
| 00:02:50 | I CAME TO THE FLOOR TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE CATEGORIC REJECT IN A FOOD-FAITH EFFORT BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, WHICH DOESN'T CONTAIN ALL THE PROVISIONS THAT I WANT. |
| 00:03:05 | I'M SURE THE AGREEMENT MADE BY THE MAJORITY AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS WILL NOT BE EVERYTHING I WANT. |
| 00:03:13 | SO LET'S STOP THE CONDEMNATION. |
| 00:03:16 | LET'S CONSIDER THE HOUSE, THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE PROPOSAL AS A SERIOUSLY PROPOSAL, AS A WAY TO END THIS GRIDLOCK, AND THEN LET'S SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND GET THIS THING DONE. |
| 00:03:29 | I AGAIN URGE MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW YOU HAVE THE UPPER HAND. |
| 00:03:34 | ISN'T IT TIME THAT WE HELP FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS, WHICH IS WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT, RATHER THAN WHO WON AND WHO LOST? |
| 00:03:42 | THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE LOSING RIGHT NOW ARE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:03:46 | AS I'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, AL QAEDA IS NOT IN SHUTDOWN. |
| 00:03:52 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO RECONSIDER, ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE AND THE WHITE HOUSE, TO RECONSIDER THEIR CATEGORIC REJECTION OF ANY PROPOSAL FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. |
| 00:04:05 | I YIELD THE POLICE OFFICER. |
| 00:04:07 | THE PRESIDING OFFICER: MR. |
| 00:04:08 | PRESIDENT? THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT. |
| 00:04:10 | MR. |
| 00:04:11 | BLUMENTHAL: BEFORE I YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM FLORIDA JUST BRIEFLY, I HAVE TWO UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUESTS FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET DURING TODAY'S SESSION OF THE SENATE. |
| 00:04:20 | THEY IS HAVE -- THEY HAVE THE APRIEWL OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS. |
| 00:04:23 | I SCURKT THAT THESE REQUESTS BEING AGREED TO AND THAT THESE REQUESTS BE PRINTED IN THE RECORD. |
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