Growing Our Economy

Floor Speech

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Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, it is week five of this new Congress, and
the American people are still waiting for action to create jobs.
Instead of doing that, Republicans seem focused on appeasing and
pandering to the most extreme voices in their party. Even some
Republicans are appalled by this Republican agenda now that they
control Congress.

One Republican Member told the National Journal:
Week one, Republicans had a Speaker election that did not
go well; week two, Republicans got into a big fight about
deporting children; week three, Republicans are now talking
about rape and incest and reportable rapes and incest for
minors . . . I just can't wait for week four.

Now we are in week five, and the new Republican Congress is still
working. It doesn't look like we are going to see a jobs bill or an
infrastructure bill. Instead, today, for the 56th time, we will see a
vote on the floor of the House to take away health care for millions of
Americans.

The Republican leadership needs to stop putting the politics of the
extreme rightwing of their party in the fore and get back to the work
of the American people.

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