[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20067]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REPUBLICAN INDIFFERENCE

  (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleagues for 
coming to the floor this morning, and certainly those of us listening 
today and throughout this country can understand that our frustration 
here is only superseded by the frustration of millions of Americans.
  I am proud of the leadership on the Democratic side that is insisting 
that we take up these matters discussed here on this floor today, 
tomorrow, or Friday before we adjourn. They are that pressing.
  The gentleman from Georgia came down and criticized this as being 
petty and not having respect. What about respect for the families of 9/
11? What about the respect for people who need a minimum wage increase? 
For the middle class squeeze that is going on with energy and college 
tuition, what about respect for them?
  Roosevelt said it best of our colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle, ``We do not question your patriotism or love of country.'' What 
he said, though, rings true, that ``you are frozen in the ice of your 
own indifference,'' your indifference towards working families, your 
indifference to the families of the 9/11 Commission report who seek a 
resolution here.
  Please join us in bringing this forward.

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