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




                DEMOCRATS READY TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, all across our Nation, millions of 
Americans wake up every day, go to work, and do their jobs.
  Sometimes it is tough. Some days it would be easier just to stay 
home.
  But our people do it. Because it is a duty, you might even call it a 
contract.
  Well, the Members of the House of Representatives also have a duty, a 
contract, to do our jobs.
  And our job is to pass administration bills on time and keep our 
country running so veterans and seniors and students and families get 
the services they pay for and deserve.
  Well, for all the Republican talk about a Contract With America, this 
body has failed spectacularly in honoring its contract to do our job.
  Let us be clear--Government is closed--and people are suffering--
because the Republican Congress cannot do its duty and pass these 
bills.
  On the Democratic side of the aisle, we hear the alarm clock, and we 
are ready to do the people's work.
  I hope my friends on the other side of the aisle are ready to rise 
and shine and do something more than talk about a contract.

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