[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4983-H4984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE CUT AND RUN ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Ms. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, here we are, House Democrats, right here in 
the House, ready to work. Where are House Republicans? Well, they have 
escaped for 52 days without taking care of the Nation's business.
  That's right, escaped--you know, left, fled, absconded, disappeared, 
departed, dodged, bolted, bailed, ducked out, burst out, shipped out, 
made off, cut and run. That is what House Republicans have done.
  But here is what is left undone: the opportunity to protect our 
children and families from the spread of the Zika virus, from a concern 
to a public health crisis; the opportunity to provide clean drinking 
water for over 9,000 children in Flint, Michigan, poisoned with lead.
  This is serious. In fact, it is sobering. In the next 52 days that 
the House Republicans have escaped, 4,732 American men, women, and 
children will lose their lives to gun violence, including 67 who will 
be killed with a gun as a result of domestic violence. Mr. Speaker,

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6,780 perpetrators have already gotten their hands on guns through the 
loophole.
  Where are House Republicans? You got it. They are on vacation.
  So shame on House Republicans for not acting to protect our 
communities from the epidemic of gun violence by passing 100 percent 
background checks no matter where a gun is purchased and preventing 
terrorists from buying a gun when they can't even get on a plane. Shame 
on House Republicans for cutting and running on the American people.

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