On the recordSeptember 14, 2012
This past summer, two-thirds of the country experienced severe drought, causing crops to wither and spurring the earliest corn harvest in 25 years. At the same time, the water levels in four of the five Great Lakes has plummeted due to high evaporation rates and insufficient rainfall. While America burns, House Republicans twiddle their thumbs and have brought messaging bills to the floor of the Congress instead of working in a bipartisan fashion to address the real issues facing the American people. It is past time for this Congress, it is past time for my Republican colleagues to get serious with the business of governing and not just voting on political posturing legislation to express their displeasure over President Obama. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this piece of legislation





