[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        KEEP GOVERNMENT RUNNING

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, Speaker Gingrich says we do not want to shut 
down the Federal Government. The majority leader says we do not want to 
shut down the Federal Government. President Clinton says we do not want 
to shut down the Federal Government.
  Mr. Speaker, I offered an amendment in the Treasury-Postal bill last 
Wednesday which said we will continue the operations of Government 
because nobody wants to shut it down. They may want to reduce this 
program or cut out this program, but they want the Government to 
continue to serve Americans.
  Why then, on almost a party line vote, when we have bipartisan 
support, the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Davis], the gentleman from 
Virginia [Mr. Wolf], the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Wynn], the 
gentlewoman from Maryland [Mrs. Morella], and others of us on both 
sides of the aisle, say nobody intends to shut down the Federal 
Government.
  Why then do we not pass just a simple little bill that says we are 
not going to put this into politics.
 We will not play with people's lives, their ability to fund their 
mortgages, their food payments, their college tuition loans? Let us act 
responsibly. Let us keep our Government running. Let us pass the 
continuing resolution now.

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