[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 3, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7-H8]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CAUSES GOVERNMENT WASTE

  (Mr. DEUTSCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, when my Republican colleagues came to 
Congress, they promised us that they would run government like a 
business. Well, think about this business.
  There is a disagreement between the CEO and the board of directors, 
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what they decide to do is furlough the workers and pay them; and that 
is what has been going on for the last 19 days. We have furloughed the 
workers and we have paid them, and it has cost us $40 million a day for 
19 days, three-quarters of a billion dollars, by those people who have 
promised us to run government like a business.
  Let us see what we have done with $40 billion, $80 billion, $120 
billion, $160 billion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  The Member is reminded that he should make his point with his speech 
rather than using props that are demeaning to the proceedings of the 
House.

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