[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       CONGRESS NEEDS TO RETURN TO THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNING

  (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, if you look at the headlines, words like 
``dysfunction'' are being thrown around and there is a whole lot of 
drama focused on the Capitol today. But people all around this country 
are not focused on that. They are focused on their families and their 
lives.
  If they are focused on Congress, it probably has something to do with 
the expiring pieces of legislation that are so important, things like 
transportation, things like funding the government, all these critical 
questions in front of us, yet the distraction of this leadership fight 
seems to be capturing our attention, but it is not capturing the 
attention of the American people.
  I look forward, Mr. Speaker, to return to the real business of 
governing. We work for the public trust of the American people, and 
this thing here is a useless distraction away from the real business. 
Let's pass the legislation we are sent here to pass, and let's refocus 
on what the bread and butter issues are for the American people.
  

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