[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 178 (Friday, November 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        KEYSTONE KOPS MENTALITY

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, here in Newtland a true Keystone Kops 
mentality has taken full control. The zealots have lost all reality. 
They tell America to pay any price, even default in order to accomplish 
their agenda.
  Yes, we have Chief Newt and a zillion little Keystone zealots chasing 
each other around the Capitol. The House Republicans cannot agree with 
the Senate Republicans. This morning the House Republicans cannot even 
agree with each other about what their agenda is or their schedule is, 
but they are willing to put the full faith and credit of the most 
important Nation in the entire world on the line and risk that despite 
our history of paying our debts.
  Let them listen to one of their own Republican colleagues, the 
gentleman from New York who said, and quote: I think the whole thing is 
nuts. Nobody knows the potential impact. If you play this hand and 
lose, you can really do a lot of damage. It is like threatening to 
explode a time bomb in your own backyard. That is the mentality that 
controls: Gingrichism, excellence in pursuit of error.

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