[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15309]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    LET'S GET THE PEOPLE'S WORK DONE

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, the election is over for this cycle, and 
it is time to do the people's work.
  The President is reelected, and he is our President for the next 4 
years. Our constituents are tired and upset with our dysfunction. They 
can't begin to comprehend how we've allowed the fiscal cliff to happen. 
Many of them don't even understand what the fiscal cliff is about. All 
they know is that things like unemployment can rise to 9.1 percent 
unless we act. It is time to put the elections behind us and work 
together.
  Mr. Speaker, we must focus on the people, especially the constituents 
of our colleagues who are suffering from the aftermath of Hurricane 
Sandy. We have got to work together and do the people's work. Isn't 
that what we've been sent here to do?
  Mr. Speaker, let's get the people's work done.

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