May 10, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 78 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TIME FOR THE SENATE TO ACT ON HOUSE-PASSED BILLS

  (Mr. ROUDA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROUDA. Madam Speaker, I rise today because I am frustrated. I 
came to Washington, D.C., because I was tired of politics as usual. 
That is why the voters of Orange County sent me here. I also came here 
to honor my constitutional obligation and the oath of office I took.
  Yet, today, we see a President and an administration that continues 
to sabotage the efforts of Members of Congress to do their job, while 
painting a false narrative that all we want to do is investigate, 
investigate, and investigate. And that is not the case.
  This House, the House of the people, has passed 115 measures, 115 
bills, the overwhelming majority of them bipartisan. Yet, only 12 have 
gone to the floor of the Senate to be voted on. That is right--only 12.
  It is time for the Republican leadership in the Senate and for Mitch 
McConnell to start allowing these bills that have passed the House of 
Representatives with bipartisan support, that address disaster relief 
across our great country, to finally be voted on to help working 
families and Americans across our great country.

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