[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN--NOT 1 MINUTE, NOT 1 SECOND

  (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, today I rise on behalf of millions of 
Federal workers who have become the unwilling passengers in what has 
been dubbed the great train wreck; the only thing is, a train wreck is 
an accident, and this is a situation we can avert.
  There is a need to get this country's fiscal house in order. I 
support this, and it can be done without interfering with the lives of 
Federal workers. It can be done without the disruption a Government 
shutdown will have on our citizenry.
  Our Federal work force provides this country with unquestionable 
loyalty and dedication. We remember the Federal worker, devastated and 
injured after the Oklahoma City bombing, still anguishing over her 
inability to get checks out to recipients.
  Federal workers across the country and in my district do not want a 
shutdown this year or any subsequent year. They want to work, and I 
want them working.
  The NIH researcher who is working on a possible cure for cancer 
should not miss work. We need that young woman working. There are 
people depending on her. I say, not 1 week, not 1 day of missed work.
  The DOE scientist who is searching for alternative forms of energy 
should not miss work, not 1 hour, not 1 minute of missed work.
  The education specialist who is designing strategies that will 
benefit our children should not miss work. Future generations are 
depending on this man. I say, not 1 second, not 1 fraction of a second 
of missed work.
  The consequences are too great.

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