STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI REGARDING PASSAGE OF A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO REOPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EXTEND THE DEBT CEILING TO PROTECT THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

STATEMENT BY

CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI

REGARDING PASSAGE OF CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO REOPEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EXTEND THE DEBT CEILING TO PROTECT THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, DC – The following is a first-person statement from Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri in reaction to congressional action to reopen the federal government and extend the debt ceiling of the United States.

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“After two weeks of a senseless Republican government shutdown that deprived the American people of vital services, inflicted real hardship on 800,000 federal employees, and according to Standard & Poor’s, resulted in a net loss of $24 billion to the U.S. economy…extortion has failed.

The House Republican leadership ought to be ashamed of what they allowed to happen.  The GOP Tea Party has accomplished nothing, they have cost the taxpayers billions, and they have weakened this country.

Extortion is not an acceptable form of government in a great nation.  The American people deserve better.”

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