[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2831]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             CONGRESS MUST ALSO MAKE 2014 A YEAR OF ACTION

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, 2 weeks ago, President Obama stood in 
this Chamber and addressed the Nation, declaring 2014 as the ``Year of 
Action'': a year of action to put more Americans back to work and 
continue to make sure that middle class families across the country are 
secure in their jobs and their homes; a year of action to continue 
fighting for equal pay, for equal work, in order to strengthen the 
American family and ensure fairness in the workplace for women; a year 
of action to understand that, when women succeed, America succeeds.
  Just today, I witnessed in the 100 years of the Federal Reserve to 
have a female Chair, Janet Yellen, come before us.
  A year of action to make sure that American students can have dreams 
and that they can have an affordable education.
  We must understand that we must work together. Democrats, Madam 
Speaker, are doing their part. We invite our Republican colleagues to 
understand we need a year of action.

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