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325: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of November 23, 2017

300: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of October 29, 2017

153: Days the GOP House has been in session, 41 of which were pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed

Our Founders pledged their lives, their liberty and their sacred honor to build a democracy: a government of the many, not of the money. Recently, misguided and destructive Supreme Court decisions in McCutcheon, Citizens United and Shelby County have given corporations and… Continue

275: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of October 4, 2017

142: Days the GOP House has been in session, 38 of which were pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed

250: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of September 9, 2017

225: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of August 15, 2017

Good morning, everyone. Here we are, the end of the summer part of the session, we’re going into August.

By the time we come back in September, we will be meeting many challenges: raising the debt ceiling, keeping government open, extending reauthorizing State Children’s Health Insurance Program, community health centers, flood insurance, so many things that the can has been kicked down the road on, and that’s just to name a few. So, so far, not much happening here.

n July, House Republicans laid the groundwork for a summer of continued inaction on creating jobs and raising wages. Meanwhile, House Democrats were busy rolling out a new economic agenda – A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future.

200: Days since the start of this Republican Congress as of July 21, 2017
110: Days the GOP House has been in session, 26 of which were pro-forma days in which the House gaveled in & out in a matter of minutes & no legislative business was completed

Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for being here. I’m very honored to be here with this very distinguished group of the House of Representatives who are helping us all honor our oath of office to help us protect and defend our Constitution of the United States and the democracy that it stands for.