[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13631]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         GOP LAWSUIT TO NOWHERE

  (Ms. SEWELL of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to denounce the 
baseless, misguided, and partisan lawsuit that our Republican 
colleagues have brought to the floor for a vote today. This lawsuit is 
just a continuance of the outright disrespect and disdain that the 
House Republicans have given President Barack Obama since he was 
elected.
  While millions of Americans are waiting for Congress to renew 
emergency unemployment insurance and raise the minimum wage, we are 
here debating a senseless lawsuit. I am disappointed by the shameful 
partisan politics that is being played.
  In contrast, I am proud of the work that we are doing as House 
Democrats trying to put the American people first with our Make It In 
America agenda and working to jump-start the middle class. With a long 
laundry list of things we need to get done, it is time to promote the 
people's business, not our political parties' business.
  Enough is enough. With only 2 days left before our 5-week recess, we 
need to be doing the business of the American people, not the business 
of our political parties.

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