Politics & Government
Jog on Shutdown National Mall Sparks Outrage for Rep. Lynch
Lynch, who voted against Obamacare, called the shutdown over the health care law a disgrace.
By Joseph Markman
In an impassioned speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA) goes beyond his one minute time limit in calling out his colleagues for a debate that is disgracing the memories of those who built the United States.
"We should not be disgracing their memory – all of those people from Jefferson to FDR and others – by dissolving this government, by defunding it and allowing it to fail," Lynch said. "We owe the American people better than that."
Lynch represents the Eighth Congressional District, which includes Boston.
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