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Mr. Speaker, This is not a Game

Floor Speech

By: Ami Bera
By: Ami Bera
Date: Oct. 5, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Government Budget and Spending

Mr. BERA of California. Mr. Speaker, day No. 5 of the government shutdown--day No. 5.

Yesterday you said something that I couldn't agree with more, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday you said, ``This is not a game.''

Last night, my staff gave me a letter from one of my constituents, Sarah from Folsom. Her close friend is battling a rare bone cancer. She has been in chemotherapy and she is fighting for her life. She has a 1-year-old daughter.

She was recently accepted into a clinical trial, a last chance to try to save herself and save her life. Now Congress has shut down that trial and put the trials on hold. Here's what Sarah says:

Please don't let her daughter grow up without a mother.

Mr. Speaker, I couldn't agree with you more. This is not a game. This is real life.


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