[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TIME FOR REPUBLICANS TO DO THEIR WORK

  (Ms. FURSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FURSE. Madam Speaker, let me just get one thing clear. This has 
nothing to do with balancing the budget. The budget that the 
Republicans are talking about increases Pentagon spending by $63 
billion more than they asked for, and gives a $245 billion tax break to 
the wealthy. That is not balancing the budget.
  It is very simple. What this is about is that the Republicans have 
not been able to get their job done. In the first year they have been 
in control, instead of playing a PR game, they should have been toiling 
in the field. This is a crisis because they have not managed to get the 
appropriations bills sent to the President. The bill sent to the 
President for the continuing resolution and the debt increase was a 
Christmas tree. It was hung, hung with all sorts of extremist things, 
like gutting environmental laws and raising the Medicare premiums. As 
usual, it seems that the extremists are in control.
  This is a time for common sense and fiscal responsibility. It is time 
for a sensible and responsible budget. It is time the Republicans did 
their work.

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