On the recordMarch 8, 2023
I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, what is just as revealing as what we are debating this week is what we are not talking about. We are now 3 months into the Republican majority. They haven't passed a single bill into law yet, and, in fact, rather than debating things that people care about, we are spending week after week passing bills that are designed to get Facebook likes and retweets instead of making an actual difference with the people back home. Three out of four Americans say that the Republicans in Congress do not have the right agenda. Madam Speaker, if you want proof that they are right, then look no further than what so much of today's debate was focused on. Democrats passed bills to bring jobs back from China and take on Putin's war of aggression. Republicans are passing bills to make it easier for Russia and China to spread their propaganda here in the United States. Democrats passed laws holding polluters accountable, took action to get rid of lead pipes and clean up our rivers and lakes. Republicans are passing bills to protect the polluters that dump toxic chemicals into our water. The American people expect more. They expect us to pass bills that actually matter to our families.…
