[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               LET'S GET BACK TO DOING AMERICA'S BUSINESS

  (Mr. JEFFRIES asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, when House Republicans came to power, they 
promised to effectively govern on behalf of the American people. But 
instead, over the last 5 years, House Republicans have majored in 
obstruction, minored in dysfunction, and pursued a degree in 
legislative malpractice.
  House Republicans are responsible for painful sequestration cuts, 
responsible for a 16-day government shutdown that cost the American 
people $24 billion in lost economic productivity, responsible for 
constantly undermining the full faith and credit of the United States 
of America, and are now responsible for the failure to deliver an on-
time budget.
  The American people have had enough. It is time to invest in 
transportation and infrastructure, invest in education and job 
training, invest in technology and innovation, and abandon the reckless 
efforts of House Republicans to obstruct any progress on behalf of the 
American people. Let's get back to doing their business.

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