[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H12353-H12354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SPEAKER OUT OF TOUCH WITH AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. SANDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, this partial Government shutdown is causing 
a great deal of anxiety for people who utilize Government services and 
for the 800,000 Federal employees who are currently being furloughed. 
We must stop that shutdown and end that anxiety as soon as possible. 
But we should also be clear as to what is really going on here. What is 
going on is that Mr. Gingrich and the Republican leadership are 
attempting to blackmail the President and accept an agenda that the 
vast majority of American people disagree with. Very few people in this 
country think that we should give huge tax breaks for the rich, build 
B-2 bombers that the Pentagon does not want, and slash Medicare, 
Medicaid, veterans' programs, student loans, environmental programs, 
and job programs that protect our kids.
  Mr. Gingrich is dead wrong. He is out of touch with the American 
people. He should back down and let Government start running again.

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                REPUBLICANS DETERMINED TO BALANCE BUDGET

  (Mr. SHAYS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, former Prime Minister Rabin of Israel once 
said, ``Politicians are elected by adults to represent the children.'' 
Children do not vote, they do not respond to political polls, but they 
ultimately are the ones who will be helped or hurt by what we do here. 
That is why we are determined to get our financial house in order and 
balance our Federal budget within 7 years, save our trust funds, 
particularly Medicare, from bankruptcy, and transform our social and 
corporate welfare state into an opportunity society.
  For our children we are determined to balance our Federal budget 
within 7 years, with or without the support of the President.
  We are doing it by increasing spending. EITC goes up from $19.8 to 
$27 billion. School lunches go up from $6 to $8 billion. Student loans 
go up from $24 to $36 billion. Only in America and only in this place 
when you spend more money do people call it a cut.

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