Roy Cooper: “we are in the final hours of this Congress. How will historians judge our work? Very harshly. There has probably not…”

“we are in the final hours of this Congress. How will historians judge our work? Very harshly. There has probably not been a more incompetent or corrupt Congress in modern times than this one. Don't take my word for it. Look at the book called ``The Broken Branch,'' by Norm Orenstein and Thomas Mann. It chronicles the failures of this institution under its recent Republican leadership. Another objective measure is the lack of workdays in this body. Norm Orenstein pointed out only yesterday that we will have worked only 60 real days this entire year. Sixty days, 2 months of work, and yet we draw 12 months of pay. Where are the hearings? Where are the debates? Where is the action on American priorities? Where is the immigration bill? Nowhere. Where is the defense bill? And we are in the middle of two wars. Crucial, vital pieces of legislation for America, and this leadership says it simply does not have the time.”