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| https://web.archive.org/web/20140912212547/http://shea-porter.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/government-still-shut-down-house-of-representatives-takes-day-off | Government Still Shut Down. House of Representatives Takes Day Off. | 2013-10-05 | 2013 | 2013-10 | Democrat | House | NH | Carol Shea-Porter | S001170 | web.archive.org | legacy | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ben Wakana, 202-225-5456 WASHINGTON, DC – As Washington gridlock continues to damage the economy and disrupt the lives of working men and women across New Hampshire, Republican Leadership announced that the House of Representatives will recess until Monday. The news comes as a government shutdown costs taxpayers $300 million per day; as 4,000 workers in New Hampshire are off the job; and as the Tea Party in Washington continues to hold vital government functions hostage in order to demonstrate their opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Upon hearing that Members of Congress would go home for two days, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives. A transcript of the Congresswoman’s remarks is below: “It’s very clear to the Wall Street Journal. It’s clear to the Chamber of Commerce. It’s clear to USA Today. And it’s clear to the America public that the Republican Right Wing, the Tea Party, has shut down the government. “Now I find out that we [the House of Representatives] are going home. Speaker Boehner has decided that Congress will go home tomorrow. How can we possibly go home!? “There are people [in New Hampshire] who are not being paid. People here who are not being paid; police were not paid who work here every day. Across this country people are not receiving what they paid for, and we’re going home? “I’m embarrassed about this. We should stay here. And if they can’t agree to accept the fact that they lost the vote on the health care law, again and again, if they can’t agree to that, can they at least agree to work on jobs? There’s plenty of work to do in this country. And we have no right to go home until we get this job done.” ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |