Darlene Hooley: “we are very frustrated by the slow start of this Congress. Even though we are about to pass the 100-day marker, this…”

“we are very frustrated by the slow start of this Congress. Even though we are about to pass the 100-day marker, this Congress is still stuck at the starting gate. To date we have only taken 60 votes compared to 2 years ago where we took 302 votes. I would like to think that this Congress is sort of like an old car that is just taking a little while to get warmed up, but the troubling thing about this session is we seem to be in a permanent stall. We are not working on issues that matter to American families now, and there is no plan to work on them in the future. The real tragedy is that these are issues both Democrats, Republicans and the Americans would like to work on, issues like reforming campaign finance, balancing our budget and improving our schools. We are not just working on them now, but they are not scheduled for the future. Mr. Speaker, it is time for this Congress to abandon the ``who cares'' legislative agenda that has dominated the first 100 days of this Congress and get to work on the issues that really matter to the American people.”