[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H6718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              DO YOUR JOB

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans have brought us again to the 
brink of another government shutdown. Here we are, the last day of the 
fiscal year, and what we have before us today is a temporary, 2-month 
budget to keep the government open, basically kicking the can down the 
road, failing to take up the priorities of the American people, failing 
to bring any kind of a jobs plan, any kind of a plan to fix our roads 
and bridges in this country to put Americans back to work.
  When I go home, I hear one thing over and over again, and I imagine 
other Members do, too. They tell us: Do your job. Do your job. You have 
had months to bring budgets to this floor. Do your job.
  It is that simple. We may disagree on what the outcome looks like, 
but what we can't accept is the fact that the Congress of the United 
States fails to do the one thing that it is directed to do under this 
Constitution. Do your job.
  This has gone on far too long. Democrats are ready to sit down and 
negotiate, to work together to try to come up with solutions to the big 
problems we face, but we can't do it all by ourselves. We need a 
partner. Do your job.

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