Pelosi Statement on House Democrats' Initiative for Better Infrastructure, Bigger Paychecks

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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after House Republicans overwhelmingly voted to block consideration of the Stop Corporate Expatriation and Invest in America's Infrastructure Act and the CEO/Employee Pay Fairness Act, a legislative package to build better infrastructure and ensure bigger paychecks for hardworking American families:

"Just hours into the 114th Congress, House Republicans are already making their priorities clear: more special interest giveaways, forget about middle-class families. Today, House Democrats offered a legislative package to put Americans back to work building the roads and bridges our nation needs, and to increase the paychecks of hard working Americans. House Republicans overwhelming voted against it -- advancing, instead, even more tax giveaways for the wealthy and special interests.

"House Republicans refuse to stop unscrupulous U.S. corporations that renounce their citizenship to dodge paying their fair share of taxes and invest those dollars in creating good paying jobs here at home. House Republicans refuse to ensure that workers share in the fruit of their productivity, and provide bigger paychecks for hardworking families.

"The American people deserve a Congress that works for them, not the wealthy and well-connected. We must act to ensure that American workers enjoy the bounty of their unprecedented productivity and expand the purchasing power of families. House Democrats will continue to champion better infrastructure and bigger paychecks for all working people in our country."

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