[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 26, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IT IS TIME TO GET TO WORK

  (Mr. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, the American people don't go home before 
their job is done, so why should Congress? In the nearly five decades 
that our current appropriations process has been in place, Congress has 
passed all 12 appropriations bills only four times--four times in 
almost 50 years.
  The American people have been far too generous with us, and their 
patience is wearing thin. We are here to represent their interests and 
to keep this government running.
  It is high time that we take our responsibilities seriously, put our 
heads down, and get to work passing appropriations bills each year.
  Congress is broken, and I intend to fix how Washington works. Today, 
I am introducing the Do Our Job Act. If our appropriations work is not 
done, we don't go home. Simple as that.
  The American people deserve better than an 8 percent success rate for 
funding our government.

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