[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RETURN TO REGULAR ORDER

  (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NOLAN. Madam Speaker, the simple truth is that this Congress is 
the most unaccomplished Congress in the history of the country. The 
fact is the people's House has become a very undemocratic institution 
where bills are brought to the floor without hearings, without 
authorizing committee consideration, where a few leaders make all the 
major decisions, and where the people's business is constantly ignored 
in favor of legislation advanced solely for political purposes.
  The fact is we need to return to and restore regular order, where 
every bill brought to the floor of the House is required to be 
considered by committee, with open rules, where every amendment, every 
idea is debated, voted on, and fully considered. To do that, the 
Congress needs to go to work 5 days a week, like everybody else in 
America.
  With that in mind, Madam Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me 
in support of my Restore Democracy Act, H. Res. 695. This bill 
represents a roadmap to change the way we do politics in America, take 
the corruptive effect of money out of our politics and return to 
regular order.
  Madam Speaker, it is about time we restore democracy right here in 
the House of Representatives, the people's Chamber.

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