number three, we should pass a farm bill, one that american farmers and ranchers can depend on, one that protects vulnerable children and adults in times of need, one that gives rural communities opportunities to grow and the long-term certainty that they deserve. the senate has already passed a soldier, bipartisan bill that s got support from democrats and republicans. it s sitting in the house, wattiwat ing waiting for passage. if house republicans have ideas that they think would improve the farm bill, let s see them. let s negotiate. what are we waiting for? let s get this done. so passing a budget, immigration reform, farm bill. those are three specific things that would make a huge
would modernize our legal immigration system, make sure everyone plays by the same rules, make sure that folks who came here illegally have to pay a fine, pay back taxes. $1.4 trillion in new economic growth. the majority of americans think this is the right thing to do and is sit tlg, waiting for the house to pass it. if the house has ideas on how to improve the senate bill, let s hear them. let s start the negotiations. but let s not leave this problem to keep festering for another year or two years or three years. this can and should get done by the end of this year.
agenda, but you still have that far right wing. correct. they still need to be dealt with. you still need to accommodate for them. how are you going to do that? i m less interested in the pain to the speaker than i am the pain to the economy. what we need to do is find that middle ground. house democrats have already demonstrated that we are ready, willing and able to find that middle ground. we provided 100% of the votes last night to pass the bill. virtually every democrat voted to pass the hurricane sandy relief bill where we can only find a few dozen republicans. we passed the bill in the last fiscal crisis. we are ready, willing and able to negotiate. we passed the budget control act which reduced spending by over $1 trillion. we re open to reasonable solutions in that middle ground. we need some republicans to meet us in the middle. what happened with the center aisle caucus i hear you and it sounds
we can t. so the democrats did it. mostly. the republicans did let the thing come up for a vote back in january. but it passed with almost all the democrats voting for it and just enough of the republicans voting for it to get it over the hump. it was majority democratic vote that passed that thing out of house, even though the republicans are in control. that was in january. then two weeks later, it happened again. after months and months had passed since hurricane sandy devastated the eastern seaboard the house got it together to send money to hurricane 157by victims. the house passed the hurricane sandy relief bill and when i say the house passed it, i mean the democrats in the house passed it. every democrat in the house except for one voted for the sandy relief bill. combine that with a couple dozen republicans you need to get it over the hump and that is how they got that bill passed. then they did it again the next month. violence against woman act. the house finally passed the
just enough of the republicans voting for it to get it over the hump. it was majority democratic vote that passed that thing out of house, even though the republicans are in control. that was in january. then two weeks later, it happened again. after months and months had passed since hurricane sandy devastated the eastern seaboard the house finally got it together to send money to hurricane sandy victims. the house passed the hurricane sandy relief bill and when i say the house passed it, i mean the democrats in the house passed it. every democrat in the house except for one voted for the sandy relief bill. combine that with a couple dozen republicans you need to get it over the hump and that is how they got that bill passed. then they did it again the next month. it was the violence against women act. the house finally passed the violence against women act after stalling for more than a year. they had every single democrat voting for it. every single one down to the last drop. but th