[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H12355-H12356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IT IS TIME TO END THIS CRISIS

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, if today were a normal day, 28,000 people 
would be planning to apply for Social Security, survivors, or 
disability benefits, 1,600 veterans would be filing their new claims 
for compensation or pensions, and 900 more would be claiming their 
benefits under the Montgomery GI bill.
  If today were a normal day, three-quarters of a million people would 
be getting up this morning, planning to visit one of the national 
parks. And, on 

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a normal day, 55,000 of those people would be here in Washington, ready 
to visit the Washington Monument, the White House, Ford's Theater and 
other locations here.
  If today were a normal day, 23,000 Americans would be applying for 
their passports to get ready for trips abroad. And on a normal day, 700 
young men and women would be ready to dedicate themselves to our 
country by enlisting in our Nation's Armed Forces.
  But instead of these normal everyday things, today we have paralysis, 
confusion, delay, and waste. It's time to end this crisis, and get 
people back to work.

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