Erin Houchin: “I reserve the balance of my time, if the gentleman is prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the…”

“I reserve the balance of my time, if the gentleman is prepared to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, these bills are so impactful that the demand to speak is so underwhelming that I am the only one left. Mr. Speaker, with just one week left before we finish our official business for this year, these are the three measures that House Republican leadership has decided that we should focus on: A bill to overcorrect a problem in a way that would hinder U.S. global research; a bill to limit consumer choice, promote pollution, and hurt America's economic leadership; and a bill that attacks the Biden administration for addressing the serious financial concerns of low- and middle-income student loan borrowers. That is it. That is it. Now they want to go home for the holidays instead of addressing--I don't know--anything that matters. I will repeat again, they have done nothing, nothing, nothing in this Congress that helps people. It almost feels like Groundhog Day every time we come to the floor. We have considered multiple bills to roll back environmental rules and protections, multiple bills that promote the far right's bizarre culture wars, multiple bills that would help Republicans' greedy corporate friends and billionaire donors, instead of everyday people. A rule is taken down one day, and we are trying to elect a new Speaker the next.…”