[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRESS SHOULD ACT RESPONSIBLY AND BALANCE THE BUDGET

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I care about our civil servants, and I care 
about our Federal employees who are without compensation and who are 
not working today. But the pain now being felt by our Federal employees 
will be exactly the same pain felt by all Americans in the next decade 
if this House and this Congress fail to act.
  Let me give an example. Some Federal employees recently received half 
of their monthly salary, and all of their benefits were taken out and 
their costs of benefits were taken out of their paycheck, and that is 
exactly the type of paycheck that Americans will receive in 10 years if 
we fail to act and act responsibly at this time.
  So I urge my colleagues to hold tight, to balance the budget, and to 
act responsibly now.

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