[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            GOOD STEWARDSHIP

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, the prior speaker said that those of us 
on this side are only trying to put a face on this. Let me say that the 
Chaplain called this group together this morning with a prayer about 
stewardship.
  Let me say to the other side of the aisle, I saw no good stewardship 
vis-a-vis the Government last week as we saw the most expensive and 
costly shutdown in the history of this Nation over a trantrum. One does 
not have to put a face on that. That was outrageous.
  But today we are back at work and we should be taking our stewardship 
very seriously. Of course, we should be moving toward a balanced 
budget. Of course, we have got to do that. But we should be good 
stewards of the environment. We should be good stewards of our 
children's education and their future in the 21st century. And we 
should not become totally beholden to special interests, to the great 
crown jewel that they keep talking about, the tax benefits for the 
wealthiest of the wealthy. That is what this country starts out about 
and that is what we should be getting to work on today.

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