[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 196 (Monday, December 19, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H9932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            HERE WE GO AGAIN

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. Another phony crisis, 
courtesy of the extremist bah-humbug House Republicans.
  House Republicans have never met a deal they couldn't find a reason 
to dislike. Now they've resorted to fighting their colleagues in the 
other body to avoid doing something positive for our country.
  Right now, we could be cutting the payroll tax, we could be extending 
jobless benefits, and approving a Medicare fix for our doctors. The 
average American family in Cleveland, Lorain, Sandusky, and Toledo now 
faces a $1,000 tax hike because of the Republican game of chicken.
  American middle class families want the payroll tax cut or their 
taxes will go up on average about $1,000. Millions of Americans need 
unemployment benefits, but House Republicans need to pick a fight. And 
it doesn't matter with whom. If they can't fight with Democrats, who 
are standing up for the middle class, they will fight with their 
colleagues in the other body.
  Here's what I want for Christmas: I want the Republicans to care half 
as much about manufacturing jobs in America as they care about 
manufacturing crises. Now wouldn't that be a holiday present?

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