[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                       HOUSE LEADERS NEED TO LEAD

  (Ms. ESTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor with a simple message for 
the leaders of this House: Do your job.
  The majority has refused to even vote on a budget--our most basic 
duty--and has failed to address over $3 trillion of needed 
infrastructure across the country.
  This is National Infrastructure Week. Forty-one percent of the roads 
in my home State of Connecticut are rated in poor condition. Bad roads 
cost the average Connecticut driver over $660 per year in unnecessary 
repairs and expenses.
  A great nation does not respond to crises with duct tape. A great 
nation does not tell 110 pregnant citizens with the Zika virus that 
they should make do with one-third of the necessary funding.
  For our infrastructure, for Flint, for the Supreme Court, for Zika 
patients, and for gun violence victims, the call to the leaders of this 
body is clear: It is time to lead. Do your job.




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