[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 THIS THING DONE

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, last Tuesday, our President said something 
that I think this Congress needs to hear: the people of our districts 
sent us here to focus on their jobs, not our own.
  We're racing towards a serious deadline, towards higher taxes on 
struggling families and slashed investments in things like food for 
mothers and infants, education, and our infrastructure. We're dragging 
people's jobs toward the brink and playing chicken with workers' and 
entrepreneurs' livelihoods.
  I know I'm not the only one here who spent time with the families 
that missing this deadline will hurt. I know I'm not the only one who 
has visited the businesses that would collapse if this happened. The 
people in our districts need us to come together. They're counting on 
us to do the right thing, to leave our partisanship at the ballot box 
and to get to work.
  So I say to all my friends and colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, 
let's get this thing done.

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