[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PEOPLE PROTECTION

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, nothing could illustrate more that this 
Republican Congress is a do-nothing Congress than the fact that, on the 
first full day back, the only thing we are dealing with is the Horse 
Protection Act. The previous speaker on the Republican side talked 
about immigration reform. When I was back in my district, people wanted 
to know when this Congress was going to address immigration reform, 
when we were going to address port security and the rising number of 
people that have no health insurance. But we not dealing with those 
issues today, we are dealing with the Horse Protection Act. What about 
people protection?
  Osama bin Laden is still at large. The 9/11 Commission 
recommendations have not been implemented by this Congress. What about 
a people or American protection act?
  The previous speaker talked about immigration reform. This Republican 
Congress is not even addressing immigration reform. They have decided 
they are not going to deal with the issue between now and the end of 
this congressional session. It is a disgrace. This Republican Congress 
is doing nothing. It is the biggest do-nothing Congress that we have 
ever seen. We come here to talk about horse protection. We have been 
out for 6 weeks. The American people want more.

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