[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is the deadline for the continuing 
resolution, and once again it appears the Speaker, Newt Gingrich, is 
prepared to shut down the Government because of the disagreements over 
the budget.
  I have said before, and I will say it again, we may have differences 
between Democrats and Republicans on the budget, but the negotiations 
should continue and the Government should not shut down because the 
Speaker cannot come to an agreement.
  Already the President has said that he wants to continue the 
Government operations for at least another week, if not beyond. The 
Senate leadership on the Republican side has also agreed to that. 
Speaker Gingrich once again says ``no'' because of his own ideology.
  We should work out our differences on the budget. I think right now 
there is no question that the American people feel that Medicare and 
Medicaid must be preserved and the Republican leadership in the House 
must come up with a budget proposal that protects Medicare and 
Medicaid, protects our environmental protection, our education 
programs. They have not done so. The President has agreed even to the 
7-year balanced budget that the Republicans have proposed, but now it 
is up to Speaker Gingrich and the Republicans in the House to come up 
with a program that agrees with the priorities of the American people.

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