DeLauro: Time To Stop Gimmicks, Start Doing What Is Best For America

Statement

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on the House Republicans' gimmicky bill that does nothing to address the important budgetary and economic issues facing our country. The Senate has already said it will not take up the bill if it passes.

"Instead of trying to stop the looming, across-the-board spending cuts that will result in job cuts and hamper economic growth, Republicans are pushing yet another gimmicky bill that is destined to die in the Senate. Week after week they have been wasting time, concerned with how their plans come off on camera, not on Main Street. Just yesterday, the President again called for a balanced approach to our budget challenges, but here we are, voting on yet another bill that we already know has no chance of becoming law and fails to meet the challenge before us.

"The Republican plan before the House of Representatives today would do nothing to create jobs, grow the economy or reduce the deficit in a balanced, responsible way. Instead, we are still in a position of lurching from one crisis to the next, threatening the recovery and risking job growth. We saw the results of this strategy just last week, with the news that the economy shrunk at the end of last year, due in part to concern about impending spending cuts. We need to stop wasting time.

"We have 23 days until we are forced to lay off teachers from the classrooms they love and turn children away from Head Start. This should not even be a possibility. I urge my Republican colleagues to stop their games and start working with Democrats on real solutions for American families.

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