[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        LET US GET THE JOB DONE

  (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, let me remind people one more time that 
September 30 was the end of the fiscal year, and we did not get our job 
done. Now to be talking about shutting down Government because we did 
not do our job is absolutely outrageous. The only people that get hurt 
by this are the taxpayers. They are going to pay more and get less, 
which is absolutely the inverse of what they want. They would like to 
pay less and get more. So we got it wrong.
  Now, we ought to move on these bills, get them done, get our work 
done. It is so late, if any other American had their work that late, 
they would be fired.
  Then we ought to move on to getting this budget put together. It is 
not about whether we are going to have a balanced budget in 7 years. 
Both sides agree to that. It is whether we are going to have a huge tax 
cut for the rich that has been called the crown jewel of the contract.
  Well, I am not sure with a country that runs this kind of deficit we 
need to be giving out jewels to the rich. That is what it is all about. 
Keep that focus, get the work done, and for heaven's sakes, get this 
body out of here for the holidays.

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