[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     LET US STOP BUSINESS AS USUAL

  (Mr. LUTHER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LUTHER. Mr. Speaker, I came here to change the way Washington 
operates, to balance the budget and to do so in a common sense way that 
invests in America's values and future.
  My biggest disappointment is how business as usual seems to continue 
in Washington, pork barrel spending, partisan speech making, and now 
the actual shutdown of Government itself. Only in Washington could 
Congress exempt itself from this situation, with staff staying on and 
typing more speeches and more press releases.
  Fellow Members, I closed my offices and furloughed my entire staff, 
because that is how the real world operates. In the real world, when 
you do not do your job, tomorrow is not business as usual. When there 
is no money in your account, you do not keep your door open and your 
employees on.
  As a new Democrat here, I ask both new Democrats and new Republicans 
to join me in stopping business as usual in Washington. Let us set down 
and work together for the good of our country.

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