On the recordMay 18, 2016
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. ____________________
