[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H2891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WASHINGTON IS BROKEN

  (Mr. MAGAZINER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Speaker, here is how you know that Washington is 
broken. Instead of voting to end the war, end the tariffs, and lower 
healthcare costs, what are we doing? Yesterday, we debated 14 bills to 
rename post offices. This is why people think that Congress sucks.
  Our Congress, our House, is supposed to be the envy of the world. 
Instead, our current leadership is doing everything that they can to 
make us irrelevant.
  Why? Money. The oil companies are making money off the Iran war. The 
drug companies are making money. The President is getting money for his 
ballroom.
  I wish that more people in Washington would figure out how to spend 
their time on lawmaking instead of moneymaking.
  We need to end this corruption. We need to pass a congressional stock 
trading ban, get dark money out of elections, and make this city work 
for the people again so that working Americans can afford to pay their 
bills.

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