We could and should instead be voting to raise the minimum wage to
$15.00 per hour so that people who work hard and play by the rules do
not have to raise their families in poverty. A far better use of our time would be to provide help to unemployed
job-hunters by making access to community college affordable to every
person looking to make a new start in life. Instead of voting to abridge the constitutional rights of women for
the umpteenth time, we should bring to the floor for a first vote
comprehensive immigration reform legislation or legislations repairing
the harm to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by the Supreme Court's
decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Madam Speaker, the one thing we should not be doing is debating
irresponsible ``messaging bills'' that abridge the rights of women and
have absolutely no chance of overriding a presidential veto.
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