[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     MANUFACTURED POLITICAL CRISES

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Democrats in the House stood 
united to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security was funded 
for the remainder of the year.
  After bringing our Nation's security and public safety to the brink 
of shutdown twice in the last 2 weeks, the Speaker finally relented and 
allowed the will of the majority of the House of Representatives to be 
heard on the floor. All Democrats and a good number of responsible 
Members on the other side joined together to make sure that Homeland 
Security was funded for the remainder of the year.
  It is completely unacceptable that we have seen, since this Congress 
has convened, manufactured political crises that divert us away from 
the real issues that the American people want us to take up.
  Americans at home are worried about making ends meet. They work 
harder and harder and can't seem to get ahead. They can't seem to save 
for retirement. They can't guarantee that their young kids are going to 
have the opportunity to attend college. That is what they want us to 
take up.
  We cannot continue manufactured political crises intended to pander 
to the most extreme voices in this body.

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