On the recordJuly 14, 2016
After being in session for only 74 days so far this year, the Republican leadership has decided to send us home for 7\1/2\ weeks. That is thoroughly unacceptable to the American people. They expect us to do our job. That is not what we are going to be doing for the next 7\1/2\ weeks. We have a laundry list of things that we have to get done. We need comprehensive gun safety reform. We need comprehensive legislation to deal with Zika and other serious bio-threats. We have to deal with the Social Security COLA problem for our seniors, higher education reauthorization, comprehensive mental health reform--we passed some of that in the House, but we have to do more-- comprehensive job package, postal reform, campaign finance reform. You name it, we have to do it. We haven't done it yet. It is time for us to do our job. It is time for the Republicans to bring us back. After those conventions, we could come back in August, folks, and we could get the job done. ____________________
