Jerry Nadler: “The Republican majority has decided to adjourn the House and take a 7-week vacation without dealing with the three…”

“The Republican majority has decided to adjourn the House and take a 7-week vacation without dealing with the three crises that are pressing upon us now: The epidemic of gun violence, a uniquely American crisis: every year, about 146 people die of gun violence in the United Kingdom, 71 in Denmark, 140 in Portugal, 30 in Japan--and 33,000 in the United States; The Zika health crisis, which is about to give us thousands of terribly disabled babies; and The Flint, Michigan, crisis, whose water was poisoned by the decision of the Governor's appointee. We should not leave here without providing funds for Zika, funds without offsets and without irrelevant poison pills; we should at least enact a no fly, no buy bill and universal background checks to start dealing with the gun violence epidemic; and we should get Flint, Michigan, some drinkable water. Let the majority deal with these three crises, then take a 6-week vacation if they want. But don't sentence thousands of Americans to die while you go off on vacation. ____________________”