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On the recordJune 26, 2024
The American people don't go home before their job is done, so why should Congress? In the nearly five decades that our current appropriations process has been in place, Congress has passed all 12 appropriations bills only four times--four times in almost 50 years. The American people have been far too generous with us, and their patience is wearing thin. We are here to represent their interests and to keep this government running. It is high time that we take our responsibilities seriously, put our heads down, and get to work passing appropriations bills each year. Congress is broken, and I intend to fix how Washington works. Today, I am introducing the Do Our Job Act. If our appropriations work is not done, we don't go home. Simple as that. The American people deserve better than an 8 percent success rate for funding our government. ____________________
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John Bel Edwards
Democratic · Louisiana

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