[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 207 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         EXPRESSION OF OUTRAGE

  Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it is day 7 of the Government shutdown, 
and, once again, the Republicans come to the floor without a continuing 
resolution to keep the Government going. But yesterday they passed a 
resolution that allows them to go home next week for a holiday.
  We all know that is what is going to happen today. The House is going 
to recess sometime this afternoon, the Republican majority is going to 
send everyone home for at least a week, and over the Christmas holiday 
and through New Year's the Government will continue to be shut down. 
Veterans will not get their benefits, AFDC children will not get their 
benefits, we do not know what is going to happen to Medicaid and all 
the other benefit programs that many people rely on during the holidays 
and all seasons in order to keep their lives going.
  It is not fair what this Republican majority is doing. They are not 
governing. The Constitution says that the majority party has the 
responsibility to govern. They should not simply go home for a nice 
Christmas vacation while the Government is shut down and so many other 
Americans do not receive the benefits they should be getting from this 
Government.
  I am outraged at what is occurring.

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