[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 122 (Monday, July 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   DEMOCRATS PUT PEOPLE OVER POLITICS

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss how Democrats are 
putting people over politics and working to support all Americans. We 
are lowering the everyday cost of living for working families. We have 
brought inflation down significantly from the pandemic-related highs. 
We have capped the price of insulin for America's 37 million diabetics, 
and we continue to fight to lower prices for other lifesaving 
medications.
  We have created more than 13 million jobs since President Biden took 
office, and we are fixing the roads and bridges that Americans use to 
travel on throughout the country. My colleagues on the other side of 
the aisle were against this proposition, and many voted against it. Now 
I see them at home taking pictures in front of bridges and roads being 
fixed. Pretty interesting.
  In addition, we are making communities safer. We have passed 
legislation to protect America's children and expand background checks 
to keep dangerous weapons off the streets.
  I have said it before and I will say it again: I am extremely proud 
that my party works for the American people and not special interests.

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