[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          CRISES DEMAND ACTION

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans in this House work awfully 
hard at doing nothing. We face many crises--crises that demand action. 
We have a crisis with regard to the Zika virus. We have a crisis in 
Flint, Michigan, where people have been poisoned by lead-contaminated 
water. We have a gun violence crisis in this country where massacres 
have become the new norm.
  What is the Republicans' response? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. 
Nothing.
  The only concrete action they have taken is to adjourn the House so 
they can go on vacation. We shouldn't be going on vacation until we do 
the people's business.
  Shame on the Republican leadership for adjourning this House and not 
taking up gun safety legislation, not addressing the crisis in Flint, 
Michigan, and not funding the crisis regarding the Zika virus. The 
people of this country deserve better.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on you to bring the House back, and let's do our 
work.

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