[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      GET ECONOMIC HOUSE IN ORDER

  (Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, when the Republicans took over 
this House in January, they said they would run this Government like a 
business. Well, Mr. Speaker, I am still looking for the business that 
would run this Government like the Republicans are running it. They are 
sending home workers because they are upset they are not getting their 
own way, and in the end they are going to pay them. I would like to see 
one business, just one business in this country, that is going to send 
home its employees because it is so mad it is not getting its own way, 
and then is going to pay them in the end.
  There is no reason to send these people home. They should work if 
they want to work. And why are they sending them home? They are not 
getting their own way, because President Clinton and the Democrats in 
Congress are saying ``No, we don't want seniors' monthly premiums for 
Medicare to raise at four times the rate of inflation. We think that is 
wrong. And we think it is wrong that you have tax cuts that 
disproportionately go to the richest people in this country.''
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, some day we should have a tax cut, but we should 
not have the hot fudge sundae until after we eat the vegetables. Let us 
get our economic house in order first, and then let us talk about tax 
cuts.

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