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




                            ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

  (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, enough is enough--that is what the majority 
leader of the other body said yesterday about the game of political 
blackmail being played by the Republican Party.
  The President, Democrats, and responsible Republicans all agree that 
it is time to end the Government shutdown and allow Federal employees 
to go back to work. It is time for Speaker Gingrich and the right-wing 
extremists in the House of Representatives to release these 260,000 
political prisoners.
  Federal employees should not have to pay for the failings of 
Congress. That is why I am reimbursing the U.S. Treasury for my salary 
for every day of the shutdown. If Federal workers are not being paid, 
neither should Members of Congress.
  ``I think we've made our point,'' said the Senate majority leader 
about the Republican shutdown. But, sadly, the only point that 
Republicans are making by shutting down the Government is that they are 
unfit to lead.

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