On the recordJuly 24, 2019
Every Democrat and every Republican in this House believes, or at least should believe, that if you are willing to go to work every single day, you are willing to work 40 or 50 hours a week, you are willing to work 48 or 50 weeks a year, you should have a decent life in America. That is the American Dream: If you work hard, you make enough money so you can find a place to live, you can educate your children, you can retire one day without being scared. And, right now, 1.3 million Americans are scared that they are going to lose the retirement benefits that they negotiated for. We have got to work together to try and solve this problem on their behalf. Chairman Neal has stated he has been working on this for the past 2 years. People say, ``Oh, we have got to work together. We have got to work together.'' Let's do it already. This is your opportunity to try and move together to help hardworking people in America, to save the American Dream for people that have put the time in, that have done the hard work, that have negotiated for their benefits. It is time to protect these people. And it is time to stop saying we are going to work together; it is time to work together now and pass the Butch Lewis Act.
