[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H122]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   POLITICS IS THE ART OF COMPROMISE

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, the fact is that while Meals on Wheels are 
being delivered now, they will not if we do not pass the Dole 
continuing spending bill.
  Mr. Speaker, politics is the art of compromise. Politics should not 
be the tactics of terrorism. Terrorism is when you take innocent 
hostages, punish them to achieve an objective that you cannot otherwise 
achieve through legal and democratic processes.
  Federal employees, public civil servants, are being taken hostage, 
are being punished through no fault of their own, only because they 
choose to serve the American public and the American civil service. 
They are being punished, some having to work without pay, others being 
locked out of their jobs, being told it is illegal even to volunteer.
  Now, three-quarters of a million Federal employees will not be able 
to pay for their rent, will not be able to even provide food for their 
families. It is wrong. Shame on this body.

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