[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO FLIP-FLOP

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans 
have repeatedly taken a stand against the truth and common sense by 
devoting themselves to the big lie, flip-flopping from previous 
positions with the aim of satisfying a virulent base to obtain power, 
defending the January 6 insurrection, and protecting violate radical 
extremists, passing dozens of anti-voting laws across the country, 
taking up dangerous and destructive efforts to take over and sabotage 
future elections, all with the aim of staying in power at the expense 
of democracy and what our Founders held dear.
  The flip-flop continues with the filibuster. Let's be clear. Mitch 
McConnell has a long record of changing the rules whenever it suits 
him, and he continues to mislead about the filibuster. There have been 
more than 161 changes made to the filibuster in the last five decades, 
with the filibuster altered to pass trade deals, tax cuts, and Supreme 
Court justices.
  The filibuster is not in the Constitution, and the Founders only 
mentioned supermajority for impeachment.
  They must do better on the other side of the aisle and the other side 
of this Capitol.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities towards Members of the Senate.

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