[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 117 (Thursday, August 2, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             JULY IN REVIEW

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, we are now at some point in time going to 
conclude 4 weeks in session with little to show for it.
  Over the past month, the Republican do-nothing Congress has continued 
its relentless pursuit of message over substance. Not only have they 
failed to address job creation or deficit reduction in any serious way, 
they have also refused to work with us to pass bills that the Senate 
approved with bipartisan support: Violence Against Women 
Reauthorization Act--critically important to women and to families; 
postal reform--absolutely essential; a farm bill.
  Their approach has been confrontation, unfortunately, not compromise. 
As a result, House Republicans have been unable to govern.
  This week, in the most brazen abandonment of responsibility we've 
seen yet, Republicans chose to adjourn for the summer, which we 
prevented, without a middle class tax cut extension signed into law.
  We ought not to adjourn, ladies and gentlemen of this House, until we 
pass a middle class tax cut.

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