[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, after all the excitement over the 
Speaker's race last week, it was good to get down to work this week, or 
not.
  Let's recap. The new Republican majority protected rich donors from 
paying their fair share in taxes, naturally, and in the process delayed 
working families from getting their tax refunds. Way to go.
  Next up, a select committee on the so-called weaponization of the 
Federal Government. Nothing like a Joe McCarthy-style committee to 
stoke more fear and distrust of the Federal Government only 2 years 
after the attack on our Capitol. And then criminalizing women's 
healthcare, because, of course, that is why the American people gave 
the Republicans the majority.
  The red wave the Republicans dreamed about never materialized because 
the American people rejected their far-right agenda up and down the 
ballot. Clearly, they didn't get the message.
  Yet, they did nothing to tackle inflation, the biggest issue for the 
American people in the last election.
  Mr. Speaker, this isn't what the American people signed up for. It is 
going to be a long 2 years if this is all they are going to do.

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