[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           A SORRY SPECTACLE

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, my constituents who are Federal employees are 
watching more C-SPAN now than ever, and they are being treated to a 
sorry spectacle, a bunch of opinionated stuffed shirts sitting around 
bickering while they are getting paid, while peoples' lives are being 
disrupted, and while Federal employees are losing their paychecks. Yes, 
I am in that group.
  But it is a sorry spectacle. My colleagues on the right like to say 
we ought to run this place like a business. Let me tell you, Mr. 
Speaker, no globally competitively business treats its employees this 
way. We have broken faith with Federal employees. We have jeopardized 
their families and undermined their confidence in their employer. That 
is us.
  We have also lost a lot. We have lost their loyalty and willingness 
to go the extra yard.
  We ought to put Federal workers back to work. We ought to pay 
essential employees on time. We ought to pay all employees 
retroactively.
  On this budget, I will make a deal with my Republican colleagues. I 
signed on the other night to a 7-year balanced budget. You get rid of 
the tax break for the rich, and we can work this thing out. But as long 
as Republicans want to pay off their rich friends, we cannot have a 
balanced budget.

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