[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 179 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H12156-H12157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                INQUIRING AS TO SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENING

  (Mr. GEPHARDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I would just hope that the majority would 
give Members a sense, as soon as it can be done, as to what the plan is 
for the rest of the evening.
  By other sources, I have seen the Speaker make a comment that we 
would be here into the evening and we might have votes on other 
matters. There may be motions on a new CR, there may be motions on 
adjournment at some point.
  I would just inform my own Members that I think they need to stay in 
the House and be ready for whatever happens this evening. I would ask 
the majority to try to inform the rest of us as soon as something is 
known.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the leader for making this point. 

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  Clearly there are hundreds of thousands of individuals around this 
country, not just in the Washington metropolitan area, very anxious 
this evening, very anxious as to what they are supposed to do tomorrow 
morning, show up for work and are they going to stay at work, are they 
going to get paid, are they going to have money to pay their mortgage 
payments, are they going to have money to pay their car payments and 
their children's tuition in college.
  This is a very critical matter. I understand there are differences of 
agreement, but I would hope, Mr. Speaker, that, in fact, we do get word 
very quickly as to how we are going to proceed to try to avert the 
shutdown of the Federal Government and the incurring of very 
substantial costs tomorrow and the days thereafter by this impasse.

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