[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS' ``TO DON'T'' LIST

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, a new NBC poll says that 83 percent of 
Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing. But that shouldn't 
be surprising when we are not doing any job at all.
  House Republican leaders are working off of a ``to don't'' list: 
don't pass gun violence legislation that could save lives; don't pass 
equal pay for women that could boost family incomes; don't help 
homeowners refinance, which could save families money; don't pass 
immigration reform that could grow our economy; don't create a national 
infrastructure bank that could create new jobs; and don't pass a green 
energy bill that could finally tackle climate change.
  It doesn't have to be this way, but when your agenda is to do 
nothing, it's easy to get nothing done when you operate off of a ``to 
don't'' list. Solving problems and reaching compromise may be hard 
work, but it's the work the American people sent us here to do.

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