[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 18107]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     WHEN WILL THE DEMOCRATS START LISTENING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, the American people work hard, and they 
have got a right to expect their elected Representatives to do the 
same. House Republicans are listening. To date, the House has passed 
nearly 150 bills this Congress that the United States Senate has failed 
to act on. Many of them would help our economy and boost job creation.
  Nearly 150 bills passed by this House have yet to be acted on by the 
Senate. These bills would do things like increase the supply of 
American energy and build the Keystone pipeline, roll back red tape and 
unnecessary regulations, provide for flexibility to working families, 
reform and improve job training programs, protect Americans from 
cyberattacks, help schools to recruit and keep the best teachers, delay 
the individual mandate and allow the American people to keep the health 
care plans that they would like, or to scrap the health care law that 
is wreaking havoc on our economy. Every single one of these bills has 
been blocked by Washington Democrats. The Senate and the President 
continue to stand in the way of the people's priorities.
  Now we are trying to come to an agreement on the budget and on the 
farm bill, amongst other issues that are in conference. Chairman Ryan 
and Chairman Lucas have made serious good faith efforts to Senate 
Democrats. When will they learn to say ``yes'' to common ground? When 
will they start listening to the American people?

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