[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7613]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SEEKING MAXIMUM PARTISANSHIP

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, last night, Republicans and 
Democrats on our House Armed Services Committee came together to pass a 
defense bill that all of us--I mean all of us--all of us on the 
committee could support. That is something remarkable, considering what 
is on the House floor this week.
  Instead of debating the minimum wage, we are getting maximum 
partisanship. Instead of creating a select committee on job creation, 
we are voting to create a select committee on Benghazi, shamefully 
playing politics with a terrible tragedy.
  The only person whose job the majority seems to care about is the 
former Secretary of State's. The national climate assessment released 
this week laid bare the consequences of climate change, but sadly, 
instead of reducing our carbon footprint, we get a climate of 
dysfunction and hot air.
  Enough is enough. House leadership should follow the example of the 
House Armed Services Committee. Put the partisanship aside and get to 
work on the things that really matter to the American people.

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