[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13946]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REPUBLICAN DYSFUNCTION

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I am disgusted and 
ashamed.
  Instead of working to address our most pressing issues like jobs, the 
economy, long-term highway transportation funding, and a responsible 
budget, my Republican colleagues are meeting behind closed doors, 
scheming up plans that delay our work here--putting our economy and our 
constituents' jobs at risk. It is past time that Republicans put the 
needs of the Americans before partisan politics.
  American businesses that have what it takes to compete globally are 
being left behind because of the Republicans' refusal to reauthorize 
the Export-Import Bank.
  The uncertainty placed on State and local governments by the 
Republicans' refusal to put forth a long-term highway funding bill is 
unconscionable. Let's not forget that we have yet to produce and pass a 
responsible budget. We cannot have a repeat of 2013 with our people out 
of work.
  I urge my colleagues to put partisan politics aside, and let's do 
what we have been called here to do. Based on the latest antics, I 
can't tell if I am a freshman in high school or a freshman in Congress.

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