On the recordJuly 30, 2011
Last night the Republican majority in this House, without the support of a single Democrat, did something very dangerous--and I am not talking about the pernicious cuts that would damage the least fortunate in our society. I am not talking about an ill-conceived balanced budget amendment that would surely result in our default. We should debate those things, and people of good will disagree how we do them. I am talking about the provision of that bill that will bring us back in 6 months to have this discussion again while Americans lose billions of dollars in their retirement accounts, while businesses and our markets face uncertainty. We will do this in 6 more months because of the Republicans. Now I am a House Democrat. Don't listen to me on this. Listen to the Wall Street Journal editorial page. That Murdochian mouthpiece of malicious malarkey wrote, ``Republicans are not looking like adults to whom voters can entrust the government.'' Mr. Speaker, according to the Wall Street Journal editorial page, that's just the way it is. ____________________
