[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14687]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                THE FAILURE OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, later today, the House is scheduled to 
adjourn for 6 weeks with no plans to come back into session until 
November.
  On behalf of the hardworking Rhode Islanders whom I serve, I rise to 
express my deep disappointment that the House Republican leadership is 
choosing to adjourn and to abandon the middle class when so much work 
is left to be done.
  In my home State, nearly 60,000 men and women cannot find work. More 
than 50,000 homes have mortgages that are under water, but instead of 
working to pass a comprehensive jobs plan, provide relief to 
homeowners, or strengthen families by passing the middle class tax 
cuts, House Republicans want to take the next 6 weeks off.
  Today's action by the Republican leadership is a failure of their 
responsibility to lead, and I urge them to reconsider and agree to 
remain here and commit to working together in a bipartisan way to 
address the urgent issues facing our country.

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