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| https://price.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/price-gop-holding-economy-hostage-ideological-demands | PRICE: GOP HOLDING ECONOMY HOSTAGE TO IDEOLOGICAL DEMANDS | 2013-09-30 | 2013 | 2013-09 | Democrat | House | NC | David Price | P000523 | price.house.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C. Representative David Price (D-NC) gave the following remarks on the House floor tonight in reaction to the decision by House Republicans to again reject the clean, bipartisan Continuing Resolution passed by the Senate and continue to attempt to derail the Affordable Care Act. By failing to send the Senate-passed bill to the President, House Republicans have made it almost certain that the government will shut down when its current funding expires at midnight tonight. Watch Rep. Price's Remarks on YouTube Mr. Speaker, we are now just hours away from the Tea Party-inspired, Republican shutdown. Our Republican colleagues are at it again, holding the economy hostage to their ideological demands and their take-it-or-leave-it politics. This is not the behavior of responsible legislators, or of a serious political party willing to do what it takes to govern. The only party that has actually compromised on the bill before us is Democrats, who have agreed to a short-term funding level below the Senate budget resolution, despite our belief that we should be replacing sequestration instead of locking it in. By contrast, Republicans have refused to go to conference to work out a budget with Senate Democrats. Republican leaders walked away from negotiations with the President on a comprehensive budget deal in December. And now it is Republicans who, as the President said, are demanding a ransom merely for doing their most basic job, keeping the government open. That ransom, incredibly, is health care for millions of our fellow citizens. The Affordable Care Act has been upheld as the law of the land by a majority of Congress, a majority of the United States Supreme Court, and a majority of Americans at the ballot box. If the junior senator from Texas and his acolytes think they can overturn those decisions unilaterally, I suggest they consult their Constitution. I would be happy to lend them a copy. Mr. Speaker, we must reject this latest Republican ploy, and in this country and in this body we have got to get back to the basics: keeping the government open, paying the country's bills, and negotiating a comprehensive budget plan. # # # | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |