[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HOUSE DEMOCRATS WORK FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to highlight the 
tremendous progress House Democrats have made to get government working 
for the people.
  In less than a year, we have passed nearly 400 pieces of legislation, 
including more than 275 bipartisan bills that are currently sitting on 
Mitch McConnell's desk.
  We passed legislation to protect coverage for preexisting conditions, 
to build on the progress of the ACA, and to drive down the cost of 
prescription drugs.
  We fought to get hardworking folks the good-paying jobs they need to 
put food on the table by passing legislation to raise the minimum wage; 
to ensure equal pay for equal work; and to invest more than $70 billion 
in green, job-creating infrastructure projects.
  We fought to clean up corruption in Washington by passing the most 
comprehensive anticorruption bill since Watergate.
  Yet Mitch McConnell would rather tout himself as the grim reaper than 
vote on these bills that will help his constituents and the American 
people.
  I have a message for you, Senator McConnell: Do your job, or your 
constituents will pick someone who will.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Jackson Lee). Members are reminded to 
address their remarks to the Chair.

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