[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      MAJORITY PARTY SHOULD GOVERN

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, there goes the Republican leadership again, 
saying they want to keep the Government shut down because they do not 
get their way, and that is the problem here. The Republican majority 
has an obligation to keep this Government going. They are the only ones 
that can bring up a continuing resolution. They refuse to do so, 
because they do not get their way.
  The President has stood strong, and he has said, ``I will negotiate, 
I will sit down with you, but I will not negotiate away Medicare, I 
will not negotiate away Medicaid, the environment, and education.'' He 
is being fair. He is being strong.
  But this Republican leadership, and there you heard it said very 
clearly, they want to keep the Government shut down and they want to 
hold this Government hostage. That is not what the majority party is 
supposed to do. They are supposed to govern. They are supposed to care 
about the Government and all the Government agencies and all the things 
that people need in order to continue functioning in this country. It 
is not fair. They are the problem.

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