On the recordJuly 29, 2014
In 2 days, we will go home, leaving behind a long list of unfinished business, but it is not for lack of trying on the part of Democrats. We have introduced bills, signed discharge petitions, protested on the steps of the Capitol, and fasted on the Mall, all to try to prompt or at least shame the Republicans into some kind of action, but they are shameless. Apparently, they just don't care. They don't care if women get paid less, as long as CEOs get record salaries. They don't care if children stack up at the border and families are divided, as long as they can sue the President. They don't care if people struggle to get by on low wages or with no unemployment insurance, as long as corporations can keep their tax loopholes, and they don't care if the environment is raped, as long as big polluters can continue to circumvent regulations that protect our air and water. Before we go home, we need to show the American people that Congress does care about them, and we need to pass important measures that jump- start the middle class, so we can say we did something while we were here. ____________________
