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Nick Langworthy: I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2024
I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 6 minutes remaining. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, we have 3 weeks left to ensure that our government doesn't shut down. Instead of working with Democrats to keep the government open, what we have here is an awful, cynical, partisan continuing resolution that has exactly zero chance of becoming law. Hell, as I said earlier, it may not even pass the Republican-controlled Congress. It is like Republicans won't even try to get the job done. They have passed 4 appropriations bills out of 12. That is it, and they want a trophy for that. I mean, it is pathetic how little work has been done in this House. Again, they have sent a grand total of four appropriations bills to the Senate, although listening to them last night at the Rules Committee, you would think they had completed all their work and everything is wonderful. Imagine thinking 30 percent was a passing grade. It is pathetic. At the end of the day, the Republican majority has failed the American people, and the Republican majority has failed the American people miserably. They want to condition keeping our government open on a Project 2025 pipe dream to disenfranchise millions of Americans at the ballot box.…
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Nick Langworthy
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Sep 10, 2024

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