Nancy Pelosi: “I certainly hope so. And I hope that we can work together to pass more of these appropriations bills. We have taken them…”

“I certainly hope so. And I hope that we can work together to pass more of these appropriations bills. We have taken them up in committee. Some of them are ready. In fact, the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs last Thursday on the floor asked when his bill would be taken up. We are working on transportation, but we passed District of Columbia today. So many of these bills are ripe for coming to the floor. That is why I am disappointed not to see them on the schedule because when we pass up votes on Monday, I remind my colleagues that is September 30, the last day of the fiscal year, Mr. Speaker, and once again there are no appropriations bills scheduled to be on the floor. We used to say, and you know the expression, you are a young man, 'Thank God it's Friday.' Around here it is 'Thank God it's Thursday.' Now the Republican leadership is giving us a work week that ends on Thursday afternoon. I am sure hard-working Americans who are holding down two jobs to support their families and work more than 40 hours a week would appreciate a schedule like this. We spent weeks telling the other body that they have made no progress taking care of business we think they should be doing, and yet we have neglected so many of our own responsibilities.”