Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson condemned members of the “extreme right wing” of the Republican Party for holding the nation “hostage” during the government shutdown because they oppose the Affordable Care Act.“They have an extreme dislike for President Obama, and are willing to do anything to halt the effectiveness of his presidency,” Johnson wrote in a statement to the suburban Dallas Focus Daily News on Friday.
“Their behavior is not political, it is personal!”
The Congresswoman went on about the huge impact the shutdown has on the nation. She complained of hundreds of thousands of furloughed employees, damage to businesses relying on government contracts, and harm to veterans and hospital patients. Even the American food supply in danger, she said, due to the suspension of food inspections. Overall, Johnson stated, the shutdown is doing “severe” damage to the economy’s recovery.
“There are reasonable members in both political parties who would vote to open the government tomorrow if a bill was allowed to come to the floor of the House, ” Johnson wrote, “But the extremists are making all types of threats and insisting that such a vote not take place.”
Johnson argued that a majority of the American people voted for President Obama in 2012, and by doing so, they showed support of Obamacare, his signature health-care initiative.
Source: Houston Chronicle - Texas On The Potomac
