[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REPUBLICANS' ANTI-ESG AGENDA

  (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Mr. Speaker, what happened to the Republican Party that 
once stood for free market capitalism, for for-profit businesses to be 
allowed to run their companies as they wanted, to be able to have 
people not be fettered by people like us here in Congress? Seriously, 
what happened to them?
  I rise in opposition to my Republican colleagues and their efforts to 
strip Americans of their freedom to build, invest in, and do what is 
right for them, themselves, and their businesses. These bills that 
these Republican Members are passing and advancing this week will take 
away these rights from these businesses, investors, and consumers 
alike.
  What does this mean? It means businesses can't account for record 
storms that impact their bottom line, retirees' hard-earned savings 
will suffer under limited investment options, or company policies that 
elevate women and minorities will be ignored.
  Simply put, Republicans are trying to cancel freedoms that have been 
studied and proven to increase profits long term. It is absurd, and 
dare I say, it is pretty weird.
  As co-chair of the Stakeholder Capitalism Caucus and a proud 
Pennsylvanian business leader, I urge my colleagues to reject this 
anticapitalist agenda.

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