Robin Carnahan: “it is bad enough that out of the 201 days this year this House has only been in session for 63. We are on track for this…”

“it is bad enough that out of the 201 days this year this House has only been in session for 63. We are on track for this House to meet even less than the notorious ``Do Nothing Congress'' that Missouri's Harry Truman ran against in 1948. But now the House Republican leadership has dedicated themselves to a distract and divide agenda, even while we face growing challenges at home and crisis abroad. This week their agenda called for supporting President Bush's veto of the landmark stem cell bill that would move us closer to lifesaving cures for diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer. Majority Republicans are cutting off hope for millions of Americans, all so they can satisfy their base on the far right. Do they really want to keep research from finding cures to these diseases so we can save millions of lives? Their agenda is not our agenda. With only one week left before the August recess, House Republicans refuse to address the issues that are of real concern to American people. It is time we take America in a new direction. ____________________”