Gooden: House Dems have wasted time at a moment when real leadership is needed

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Lance Gooden (R-TX) voted against Speaker Pelosi's liberal wishlist, also known as H.R. 6800. The legislation passed on a party-line vote of 208-199.

Congressman Gooden - "Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have wasted our time at a moment when real leadership is needed. All this does is give them a chance to point at the Senate and whine that they haven't gotten their way.

"We've got to get the American people back to work. We've got to fix unemployment insurance. We've got to get small business loans to the people who need them. This legislation will never accomplish those things, and everyone who voted in favor of it tonight knows that."