[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 117 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H6757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CANCEL THE AUGUST RECESS TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, creating opportunity for hardworking 
American families and reigniting the American Dream should be the top 
priority of this Congress, but instead, we are about to embark on a 1-
month legislative recess as the House Republican leadership continues 
to block action on legislation to create jobs and to grow the middle 
class.
  Legislation awaiting action in an up-or-down vote is piling up: 
legislation to raise the minimum wage; to renew emergency unemployment 
insurance; to pass comprehensive immigration reform; to rebuild our 
crumbling roads, bridges, and ports; enacting a manufacturing policy so 
that we can make things in America; and voting on paycheck fairness to 
ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work.
  Passing all these policies would jump-start the middle class and 
expand opportunity for all Americans. But instead, instead of taking 
those up, we are about to leave town for a month of undeserved time 
off.
  We should get to work on the work of the American people. They expect 
that from us, and they deserve nothing less.

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