January 10, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 6 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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        ADDRESSING THE URGENT PRIORITIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I just returned from overseas. I led a 
delegation of our colleagues, a bipartisan delegation, to visit our 
troops during the Christmas holiday; and, of course, we all were struck 
by the extraordinary service of these brave men and women who are 
serving our country.
  One of the things they shared about was, of course, their concerns 
about things back at home with their families. It reminded me that the 
agenda that we develop to address the urgent priorities of the American 
people remains important: to drive down the cost of healthcare, to 
raise family incomes and rebuild the crumbling infrastructure of our 
county, to take on the corruption and self-dealing in Washington, and 
to get the government working for the people again.
  That is what Democrats have been working on in a bipartisan way. We 
have passed over 400 pieces of legislation; 275 of those bills are 
bipartisan. Sadly, 80 percent of those bills are stuck on Mitch 
McConnell's desk.
  So, as we return from this trip, I am reminded that this is an 
opportunity to call on the Senate majority leader. We are working hard 
to prevent war with Iran. We are working hard to hold the President 
accountable for his misconduct. But our most important priority is to 
deliver on those promises we made to the American people: to drive down 
the cost of healthcare, to raise family incomes, to rebuild the 
infrastructure of our country, and to get government working for the 
people again.
  It is time for the Senate majority leader to take those bills up and 
give them a vote. Our men and women deserve nothing less.

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