[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            ADJOURNING EARLY

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, in my 13 years as a Member of Congress, I 
have never experienced what happened yesterday in this House. Instead 
of doing the people's business, this House adjourned yesterday at 3:50 
in the afternoon, in the middle of a workday afternoon when most 
Americans are still on the job. Why? Money, and millions of dollars of 
it. That is right. Congress adjourned early yesterday so that 
Republican Members with Speaker Gingrich at the helm could fly to New 
York to attend a GOP fundraiser aboard the Intrepid Sea and Air Space 
Museum, where wealthy givers paid $1.7 million to hobnob with 
Republican Members who did not work a full day yesterday, but were not 
docked for their pay.
  During the first 2 months of this year, the Republican Campaign 
Committee has raised over $11 million. That is over $123,000 a day. 
Maybe it is time to ask ourselves who is fighting for America here in 
Washington, and should not those Members who left early be docked on 
their pay?

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