[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14768-14769]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTION

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on House Republican 
leadership to stop playing games and start governing.
  We are scheduled to debate 36 bills this week, but many are just 
repeated failed attempts that went nowhere beyond this House because 
they will do nothing to create jobs or strengthen the economy.
  Instead of working to pass comprehensive immigration reform or 
raising the minimum wage or decreasing income disparity between men and 
women, we are instead repackaging and repassing partisan talking points 
and special interest handouts.
  This Congress is on track to be the least--the least--productive in 
U.S. history.

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  We have seen valuable time and tax dollars wasted in trying to sue 
the President, over 50 failed attempts to repeal the Affordable Care 
Act--including the 2-week Republican government shutdown over the same 
issue--and attempts to legitimize flimsy conspiracy theories.
  House Democrats stand ready to work with House Republican leadership 
when they decide to stop playing games and get back to work. We are 
ready to jump-start our economy, make it in America, reunite families, 
and bring back jobs from overseas.

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