[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 172 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5644]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CONGRESS PASSED 600 PIECES OF LEGISLATION

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, this has been one of the most productive 
sessions of the U.S. House in modern history.
  In less than 2 years, under Democratic leadership, the House has 
passed more than 600 pieces of legislation responding to the urgent 
priorities of the American people.
  We have passed bills for the people, cracking down on corruption, 
driving down healthcare costs, and raising wages for workers.
  Many of these bills are bipartisan. All are commonsense approaches 
for delivering results for working people.
  But roughly 400 of these bills have been buried in Mitch McConnell's 
legislative graveyard. He won't even give them a vote. His sole 
purpose, it seems, is to pack the Federal judiciary with rightwing 
judges who will rip away healthcare from 20 million people and 
eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions.
  This is no way to run a democracy. The American people deserve 
better. That is why House Democrats will keep fighting for the people 
until these bills become law.

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