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| https://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=837 | LABRADOR ON MEET THE PRESS: "THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT" | 2013-09-30 | 2013 | 2013-09 | Republican | House | ID | Raúl Labrador | L000573 | labrador.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-ID) was a panelist on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. He discussed House Republican efforts to keep the government open, delay ObamaCare, and repeal the medical device tax. The other panelists were Chris Matthews, Dee Dee Myers, and former Ambassador Jon Huntsman. To watch the panel discussion, click here. Some highlights: On ObamaCare: “All we're asking for in the House of Representatives is a one-year delay. Just like the unions are asking for a one-year delay, like he has given to Big Businesses. I don't think that's an unreasonable thing for us to be asking for.” On the C.R. battle: “The Democrats spent the entire decade of the Bush administration trying to repeal the Bush Tax Cuts. It's not like Republicans and Democrats don't fight about their policies. That's what politics is all about.” On a possible government shutdown: “The president and the Democrats want to shut down the government. If you look last night at Twitter, there wasn't a single Republican on Twitter who was saying, ‘Let's shut down the government.’ But every single Democrat was saying, ‘The Republicans want to shut down the government.’ The politics are coming from the other side, On the negative tone of politics (to Chris Matthews): “Your boss, Tip O'Neil, shut down the government twelve different times. And you didn't call him a terrorist.” A full transcript can be found here. #### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |