[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            E PLURIBUS UNUM

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. We've heard from a colleague of mine on the Democratic 
side who sounds like he's not going to vote for this bill, and we've 
heard it from a couple of folks on the other side. Well, I'm going to 
vote for it, not because I think it's all the best sugar and spice and 
everything nice, but because, for one thing, I believe our President 
and our Vice President know what they can get in a negotiated deal with 
the Republican side in the Senate and what might pass this House as 
well, and they know what our country needs.
  My district can't afford to wait a few days and have the stock market 
go down 300 points tomorrow if we don't get together and do something, 
and the people in my district need unemployment compensation and need 
to know in the future that they're going to have the low-income earned 
tax credit and college credit.
  It's important that we keep this country moving in the right 
direction and away from another recession. ``E Pluribus Unum'' is not 
just on our bills, but it's what we are as legislators. We are one of 
435 and one of 535, including the Senate. We need to come together and 
work together for the betterment of the country.
  This isn't the perfect deal, but it's the deal we got, and it's the 
deal I'm going to support. I hope that my colleagues will resolve to 
give the President and the Vice President the benefit of the doubt as 
the year goes on and as I do today.

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