Kirk Watson: “last week President Bush tried to label this new Democratic Congress a ``do-nothing'' Congress. Is he serious? Or did he…”

“last week President Bush tried to label this new Democratic Congress a ``do-nothing'' Congress. Is he serious? Or did he simply forget that he signed bills into law that were written and passed by this Congress that increased the minimum wage, made college more affordable for millions of children, and made our Nation safer by fully instituting the nonpartisan 9/11 Commission recommendations? The President is also ignoring the fact that he's vetoed legislation that had strong bipartisan support. We sent him a bill that would insure 10 million children to have quality health care, but he vetoed it. We sent him another bill that would have allowed for Federal funding of stem cell research so that we can discover cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's; but, again, the President vetoed it. We also overwhelmingly approved a bill that protects our communities by building and repairing critical flood walls and levies; but, again, last week, the President said no. This Congress is proud of its accomplishments, but there would be more if the President stopped saying no to progress. Fortunately, today we will override his veto of the water resources bill.”