[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 179 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRESS FAILED TO COMPLETE ITS WORK

  (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, as one who represents 56,000 Federal 
employees and therefore has always been concerned about the failure of 
this Congress and the President to do their work in a timely fashion, 
causing the Government to temporarily shut down, I rise to express once 
again my deep regret that the Congress of the United States has not 
done its job.
  The fact of the matter is, the only reason there needs to be a 
continuing resolution signed today or passed today is because we have 
not done our work, period. All the other rhetoric about balanced 
budgets, all the other rhetoric about the politics in the White House, 
are, frankly, not accurate.
  There are nine appropriation bills that neither the House nor the 
Senate have finally acted upon. Therefore, this crisis could have been 
averted had we done our work.

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