[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT NEEDS OUR COOPERATION

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Madam Speaker, just think how all of these gunfights 
at the OK Corral and gridlock play overseas where America has enormous 
interests. We are the laughingstock of the world.
  How can a President of the United States go to Osaka, Japan, to meet 
with Asian leaders and talk about trade and commerce when he gets no 
cooperation from his own Congress on keeping the Government open? How 
can the President of the United States negotiate a peace agreement in 
Dayton over Bosnia when his own Congress is trying to undermine him 
even before he concludes a peace treaty?
  Mr. Speaker, let us end these games and get serious. We are all going 
to be losers if we do not resolve this crisis soon.

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