[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H11]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             HONEST NUMBERS

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, for the first shutdown we spent $700 
million. In this shutdown we are spending $40 million a day. We have 
now been shut down for 19 days. So that comes out to about $1.5 billion 
the taxpayers have paid for this little clown act. I think that is 
exactly what it is. We ought to call it what it is.
  When we say what is the real point, they say it is about honest 
numbers by the President 7 years from now. Even if the President gets 
reelected, he will not be President 7 years from now. This President 
and this Congress cannot possibly preordain what future Congresses and 
future presidents are going to do 7 years from now. We cannot even get 
decent weather forecasts for tomorrow. What are they talking about? 
Honest numbers, 7 years from now. I mean, what kind of arrogance is 
that that one side has honest numbers for 7 years and we do not. 
Meanwhile, we keep paying. Enough is enough.

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