[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 153 (Thursday, September 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H8176-H8177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           DEMOCRATIC VISION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Jeffries) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, once again, the do-nothing Republican 
Congress has outdone itself.
  Here in America, we have a wage stagnation problem, an 
underemployment problem, an infrastructure problem, a retirement 
insecurity problem, and a corruption problem right here in Washington, 
D.C.
  What is the House Republicans' response to these challenges facing 
the American people? They want to get out of town before sundown.
  Why don't we remain here in Washington, doing the people's business 
week after week, month after month until we get something done on these 
issues, improve the lives of working families, middle-class folks, 
senior citizens, the poor, the sick, and the afflicted?
  They want to get out of town before sundown.
  There are two very different visions for the American people. 
Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. What has 
that brought to the American people? Chaos, crisis, confusion, the 
culture of corruption.
  Part two, the sequel, and the signature piece of legislation is the 
Republican tax scam, where 83 percent of the benefits went to the 
wealthiest 1 percent in this country simply to subsidize the lifestyles 
of the rich and shameless. That is their signature accomplishment?
  The Democratic vision is very different. Democrats here in the House 
are fighting for the people. We are fighting to lower healthcare costs, 
fighting to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, fighting to protect 
people with preexisting conditions, fighting to dramatically lower the 
high cost of prescription drugs, fighting to increase pay for everyday 
Americans so that folks can provide a comfortable living for themselves 
and for their families, fighting for a real infrastructure plan that 
invests $1 trillion in fixing our Nation's crumbling bridges, roads, 
and tunnels and will create 16 million good-paying jobs.
  Democrats here in the House of Representatives are fighting to clean 
up corruption in Washington to make government work for everyday 
Americans. We are fighting to end, once and for all, the era of 
Citizens United.
  That is the House Democratic vision: lower healthcare costs, 
increased pay,

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and cleaning up corruption here in Washington. Democrats are fighting 
for the people.

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