Republican Indifference

REPUBLICAN INDIFFERENCE -- (House of Representatives - September 27, 2006)

(Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleagues for coming to the floor this morning, and certainly those of us listening today and throughout this country can understand that our frustration here is only superseded by the frustration of millions of Americans.

I am proud of the leadership on the Democratic side that is insisting that we take up these matters discussed here on this floor today, tomorrow, or Friday before we adjourn. They are that pressing.

The gentleman from Georgia came down and criticized this as being petty and not having respect. What about respect for the families of 9/11? What about the respect for people who need a minimum wage increase? For the middle class squeeze that is going on with energy and college tuition, what about respect for them?

Roosevelt said it best of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, ``We do not question your patriotism or love of country.'' What he said, though, rings true, that ``you are frozen in the ice of your own indifference,'' your indifference towards working families, your indifference to the families of the 9/11 Commission report who seek a resolution here.

Please join us in bringing this forward.

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