[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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      THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP SHOULD LISTEN TO AMERICAN FAMILIES

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I join many of my colleagues today proudly 
wearing red and this pin to ask us to remember to bring our girls back 
who were kidnapped by Boko Haram.
  Mr. Speaker, I also returned to Washington this week from a busy 
district work period, where I advocated for homeownership, explored 
funding for early childhood through college education, and heard from 
seniors and veterans about their need for access to affordable health 
care.
  Unfortunately, it is very clear, Mr. Speaker, that the Republican 
leadership continues to turn a deaf ear to the American people, to our 
seniors, to our veterans, and to the next generation by putting forward 
legislation that does not work for my district in central Ohio or this 
Nation.
  Democrats, however, have put forth plans to help hard-working 
American families by making it easier to own a home, making it easier 
to send our children to college, and making it easier to have a secure 
and enjoyable retirement.
  Mr. Speaker, Republican leadership should listen to American families 
and help them attain the tools they need to achieve economic security 
for now and the future.

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