[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 200 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14934]
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                  GETTING GOVERNMENT BACK IN BUSINESS

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I can understand why 215 Members of this body 
just voted to go on a 3-day recess. We all want to be back with our 
children and our wives and do some Christmas shopping and get back to a 
little sense of normalcy.
  But things are not normal. If we do not do our job today, 300,000 
Federal employees will be locked out of their jobs, the Government will 
be shut down, and we just voted yesterday to put our Federal Government 
into default in its financial obligations.
  Things are not normal. We ought not go home for recess. In fact, that 
is why 152 Democrats voted not to. We have been told by the gentleman 
from Missouri [Mr. Gephardt], the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Fazio], and the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Bonior], that we should be 
prepared to stay on the job until we have done our job, until the 
Government is back in business.
  We might rectify this situation with a continuing resolution today, 
legislation the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton] has introduced that 
would at least ensure that Federal employees work for their pay. But we 
have got to get the Government back in business and do our job before 
we recess or adjourn.

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