[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE WALKAWAY REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, we walked away from 160 million Americans and 
put their tax cut at risk. We walked away from 48 million Americans and 
put their access to doctors at risk, and we walked away from 2.3 
million unemployed.
  Frankly, when President Bush asked us to stabilize the financial 
markets, two-thirds of his own party walked away. On December 3, they 
walked away from Bowles-Simpson. On March 15, 54 Republicans walked 
away from continuing government funding. On April 14, 59 Republicans 
walked away from their bill to continue funding of the government.
  On June 23, their majority leader walked out on the Biden talks. On 
July 22, Speaker Boehner walked out on the talks he had with President 
Obama. On August 1, 66 Republicans walked away from making sure America 
pays its bills. On November 17, 101 Republicans walked away from the 
appropriation bill for three of our Departments. That was a Republican 
bill they walked away from.
  On November 21, Republicans walked away from the Joint Select 
Committee on Deficit Reduction.
  The Walkaway Caucus should not have put at risk working Americans in 
this country today.

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