With only hours left before a default of the Nation’s debt obligations Rep. Barber pleaded for members to make a deal.
With only hours remaining before a default of government obligations – Rep. Ron Barber of Arizona practically begged members to come together to end the government shutdown .
This shows how exasperated some members became just before the temporary deal was signed to reopen government on the 11th hour to avoid a default on its debt obligations. Talk about close!
“Mr. Speaker, I stand before you on this, the 16th day of the shutdown, with just hours remaining until our Nation defaults. The only way to end this crisis is for Members on both sides of the aisle to come together and take bipartisan action today. We need to do our job, and we must act responsibly. The Senate has a bipartisan plan, and we should take it up immediately.”
“At home and across the Nation, the people we represent are facing harsh consequences: from the couple being denied a loan for their first home, to the Head Start kids whose school doors are shut, to the businesses with lost sales because national parks are closed, to the Border Patrol agent who can’t pay his mortgage because his full paycheck hasn’t come”, he said.
“Mr. Speaker, we must vote for commonsense solutions. We must end this shutdown. We must restore faith in the United States of America, and we must restore faith in this, the people’s House”, said Rep. Barber (source: Congressional Record http://thomas.loc.gov).
Congressman Barber serves on the Committee on Homeland Security where he was appointed ranking member of the Oversight and Management Efficiency Subcommittee.
Congressman Barber also serves his constituents on the House Armed Services Committee, the Committee on Small Business and the Bipartisan Working Group.
Needless to say he is a very influential member of Congress.