[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 186 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DEMOCRATS SUPPORT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to praise the Democratic Party 
for putting people over politics. Every day House Democrats fight to 
better the lives of working Americans.
  We are ready to support commonsense legislation to keep the 
government open and to provide vital services to the American people. 
We continue to bring down inflation and lower costs for food, medicine, 
and other necessities. We invest in American families with bills to 
help them with childcare and home energy costs.
  We support our friends overseas with bills to provide aid to innocent 
Palestinian civilians, Ukraine, and Israel, and we work daily to make 
our country work for all Americans.
  We are committed to voting rights for all Americans. We are committed 
to reproductive rights for all women, and we want an America with 
equality for all and prejudice toward none. That is why I am proud to 
be a Democrat.

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