[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TIME TO STOP PLAYING GAMES

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, last month, Speaker Gingrich shut down the 
Government because he did not like his seat on Air Force One. Now he is 
at it again.
  This time Speaker Gingrich has shut down the Government to try to get 
his way on the budget, throwing more than 200,000 people out of work a 
week before Christmas. These families are being used as pawns in the 
Speaker's attempt to force through huge cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, 
education, and the environment, all to pay for a $245 billion tax break 
for the wealthiest Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, they are so wedded to this tax break, the crown jewel of 
the Contract on America, that they are willing to put the lives of 
200,000 working Americans at risk. These folks are not being paid one 
week before Christmas holidays, and they are willing to put those lives 
at risk in order to give their rich CEO friends this tax break.
  Stop playing games with people's lives. Have a budget that protects 
Medicare, Medicaid, and America's priorities.

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