FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Obama’s Oct. 1 remarks on the government shutdown and Obamacare

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... One faction of one party in one house of Congress in one branch of government shut down major parts of the government all because they didn't like one law ...

... I know it's strange that one party would make keeping people uninsured the centerpiece of their agenda, but that apparently is what it is ...

... If you get cancer, you are 70 percent more likely to live another five years if you have insurance than if you don't. Think about that. That -- that is what it means to have health insurance ...

... What's weighing on the economy is not the Affordable Care Act, but the constant series of crises and the unwillingness to pass a reasonable budget by a faction of the Republican Party ...

... They have to break this habit. It is a drag on the economy. It is not worthy of this country ...

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