[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 213 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRANSPARENT BIPARTISAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

  (Mr. CLINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, the American people deserve a transparent 
and bipartisan legislative process, but that is apparently not what the 
Democrat majority wants.
  Unfortunately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle 
continually manufacture crisis after crisis by waiting until deadlines 
are immediately upon us before addressing the issues at hand. And when 
we are up against a deadline, it gives the majority leverage to limit 
opposition and allows them to ram harmful bills through this House, 
claiming they are necessities.
  They have done it with multiple continuing resolutions. They did it 
with the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act. And now, after 
having already punted responsibility once on the issue, they are doing 
it again on raising the debt ceiling, as a default looms less than a 
week away.
  We must stop fanning the flames of fires where the tools exist to 
extinguish them. Democrats legislating in this manner creates 
uncertainty and spooks the market, which contributes to the twin 
economic crisis and energy crisis, both of which this administration 
has done nothing to address.
  For our economy to truly recover, we must ensure the government is 
working efficiently and effectively on behalf of the American people.

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