On the recordMarch 16, 2015
Well, Mr. Speaker, I just got back from spending a week at home in Michigan talking with the people that I work for and meeting with small business owners. I heard a lot of frustration--frustration about the priorities of the Republican leadership in the House and of Congress in general. Instead of legislation to create jobs here in America to make it easier for hardworking families to buy their own home, to afford to send their kids to school, and to save for retirement, this Congress has bounced from one manufactured political crisis to the next and has not taken on the big challenges that the people sent us here to take on. Let's put away this dysfunction and this paralysis. Let's get back to the work of the American people. As we now are set to consider our Nation's budget, let's make sure that the priorities of the American people--good paying jobs, affordable college, homeownership, and the ability to save for a decent retirement--that those priorities are the priorities that we include in this important budget document. This is what the American people expect of us, and this is what we should take on. ____________________
