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Lacking Conviction to Stop Shutdown

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 29, 2023
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Speaker, with the failure of that last vote, we are now less than 2 days away from shutting down the United States Government, not because we don't have a path forward, but because the party of Lincoln has been captured by the spirit of Yeats: The best of you lack all conviction, and the worst are filled with passionate intensity.

Extreme Republicans with passionate intensity are choosing to destroy all that makes America great while their moderate enablers sit meekly, lacking the conviction to oppose.

My question is, do any of you have a plan to land this plane? It seems weird that you skipped that part of flight school.

Less than 2 days from now, every single American is going to feel the pain of this crash, every soldier who wants to get paid, every woman who wants food assistance for her child, everybody who needs housing support, everybody who is wondering if the train they are riding on has been inspected.

We don't have to be here, Mr. Speaker, but we need some of you, any of you, to stand up.

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