Congressman Cohen Condemns Chaotic and Harmful Failings of the House
“This Congress has earned an F”
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor this evening after learning that Republican House leaders have decided that Congress will adjourn early on Wednesday for a five-week August recess, and made the following remarks:
“We’re going to adjourn and not do the peoples’ business because we’ve thus far gotten an F. An F for the work of the people in this Congress. We’ve taken health care away from hundreds of thousands of people. We’ve taken SNAP payments, nutritional sustenance, away from tens and hundreds of thousands of people. We’ve made injuries to the Earth, God’s Earth we’re here to preserve and we only use. We’ve taken away from women the right to go to Planned Parenthood to have health care that they need…We’ve taken away protections for clean energy to change the rate of growth of global warming that affects our planet and affects our future with hotter and hotter summers, flash floods, fires, disasters. This Congress has earned an F.”
See his entire floor speech here.
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