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From the Speaker's Press Office
As Minority Leader McCarthy continues to disrespect police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6th, officers who protected the Capitol – and their partners – are speaking out against House Republicans' contempt for the heroes who protected their lives during January's violent insurrection.
From the Speaker's Press Office
House Republicans are using Pride Month to attack LGBTQ-owned small businesses.
Republicans lined up on Tuesday to prevent Congressman Richie Torres' LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act from passing on suspension. The bill would help ensure that financial institutions are providing LGBTQ-owned small businesses equal access to credit. 177 Republicans voted against the measure – meaning that 85 percent of House Republicans present voted against the bill.
From the Speaker's Press Office:
More than one month after publicly promising to meet with Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone to discuss the horrors he experienced on January 6th, Minority Leader McCarthy's office has not even reached out to Officer Fanone to set up a meeting.
During the January 6th Capitol insurrection, Officer Fanone was beaten with a flag pole, concussed and suffered a heart attack while protecting McCarthy and other lawmakers from violent Trump supporters.
House Democrats passed widely popular legislation to put shots in arms, money in pockets, and people back in jobs, and the results show that the Rescue Plan is continuing to put money back into the pockets of the American people.
U.S. jobless claims fell to a new pandemic low last week as vaccinations increased and businesses continued to pick up hiring.
President Biden and House Democrats' shots in arms, money in pockets and aid to small businesses are powering rising wages and record job growth with 559,000 jobs added in May and 2 million jobs created since President Biden took office.
But every single House Republican voted to block that progress.
House Republicans voted against putting money in pockets, people back in jobs, and kids back in school – and the American people noticed.
New Navigator Research polling shows that a majority of voters – including a majority of independents – believe that Republicans put the interests of "the wealthy and big corporations" over the needs of "middle and working class people."
The American Rescue Plan's work to put shots in arms, money in pockets, and people in jobs has helped slash COVID deaths, lowered jobless claims to their lowest level of the pandemic, and kept Americans afloat across the country.
This week, Minority Leader McCarthy rejected a bipartisan compromise negotiated by one of his own ranking committee members in a brazen attempt to hide the truth about the January 6th violent insurrection at the Capitol.
It's safe to say that people noticed.
Some of the highlights of McCarthy's decision to side with January 6th deniers:
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is still refusing to set a meeting with D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone to discuss the horrors he experienced.
Officer Fanone was beaten with a flag pole, concussed, and suffered a heart attack while protecting McCarthy and other lawmakers from Capitol insurrectionists.