We all voted to give that 12 weeks. All of us know exactly why the can keeps being kicked farther and farther down the road. Its because the majority cannot muster the majority of their own members to support bipartisan funding bills. Because the governing party which controls the house, senate, and white house has not been able to govern. Senate republican john cornyn can always y, seemed to be kicked down the road. And here we are again with republicans doing exactly that. Mr. Speaker, lets call this c. R. For what it is, a chaotic retreat from rational regular order and fiscal responsibility. We have a supplemental bill that provides some emergency Disaster Relief for those affected by our natural disasters, but it ought to do more, in my opinion, to help those in puerto rico and the virgin islands. Its been three months since irma and maria devastated puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands and harvey visited so much water on houston. Many still do not have electricity in puerto r
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