[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H94-H95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE REOPENED

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I understand there is a resolution to allow 
the Congress to recess until January 23. I personally think we should 
reopen the Government, but under no circumstances should the Congress 
leave town while the Government is shut down. The soldiers in Bosnia 
are not leaving Bosnia.
  And do not clap, because I do not agree with you on the other side of 
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aisle, too. You all have been partisan and politicizing this place.
  The soldiers in Bosnia are not leaving. The cancer researchers are 
not leaving. The FBI agents are not leaving. I personally believe, and 
we all only answer to our constituents and to our conscience, but I 
believe it would disgrace the Congress for us to leave while the 
Government is shut down.
  One other thing to my side, this is not a leadership vote. This is a 
conscience vote. And my conscience is not for sale. Congress should not 
leave while the Government is shut down.
  You all ought to stop being so partisan, because when we can get 
together in the spirit of reconciliation, we can solve these problems. 
Each side eggs the other side on and nothing gets done.

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