[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ABANDONED ISSUES

  (Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. Speaker and Members, if you take 
a look at this House, that side of the aisle is empty. They left. They 
are gone.
  Take a look on this side, and you see Democrats. Democrats are 
raising the question: Why did you decide to leave and to take a break 
without dealing with the serious issues that confront us today?
  Let me just remind them: Columbine; Newtown; Aurora, Colorado; Fort 
Hood Army Base, Texas; Tucson, Arizona, Representative Gabby Giffords; 
Oak Creek, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C., Navy Yard; Reynolds High 
School; Emanuel AME Church; San Bernardino; Pulse nightclub, Orlando, 
Florida. In all of these, there were children.
  What do we say about the children? We have had a moment of silence, 
and we have forgotten that children are dying. In Flint, Michigan, 
children still don't have clean water. The water has lead in it. We 
have not done anything.
  Well, whether we are talking about Flint or the Zika virus or the 
children who have been killed because of gun violence, Republicans, 
where are you? Shame on you for abandoning the issues that need to be 
dealt with.

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