[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REPUBLICANS MANUFACTURING ANOTHER CRISIS

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the stage is set for another 
Government shutdown tomorrow night. That means that citizens will not 
be able to apply for Social Security or veterans' benefits.
  We find ourselves in this situation because the congressional 
Republicans have not sent a continuing resolution to the President. 
They are manufacturing another crisis because the President will not 
cut Medicare and education the way the Republicans want him to.
  This poster was given to me by a constituent of mine, a small 
businessman in the Houston Heights area of Houston, that he is worried 
about what is happening up here, and obviously he is a fan of the 
Speaker when he says the rich get richer, we see the end of a great 
Nation in Godnewtzilla. What he is worried about is we are seeing the 
destruction of our country by cutting most seniors and the education 
for our children, and yet he wants to make sure that he can earn his 
living as a small business person in Houston.
  Mr. Speaker, this crisis is contrived, and it is taking place because 
the Republican leadership has not been able to get their own 
appropriation bills to the President.

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