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




                        TAX DOLLARS NOT AT WORK

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, at the State and local level, when you pass a 
roadway, there is a big sign that says your tax dollars at work. Here 
in Washington we ought to have a sign that says, your tax dollars are 
not at work. Because that is the reality in day 20 of the Government 
shutdown. Let us be real. The Republicans are trying to say this is 
President Clinton's shutdown. Absolutely wrong. The President could not 
open the Government if he wants to.
  The Republicans set the agenda. The Republicans are in the majority. 
The Republicans have the vote. Let there be no mistake. This is a 
Republican, a Gingrich Republican government shutdown.
  This is not about a balanced budget in 7 years with real numbers. I 
am for that. A lot of Democrats are for that. There are budgets out 
there to do this. This is about their desire to give tax breaks to the 
wealthy while cutting Medicare and Medicaid.
  Meanwhile our employees, the taxpayers' employees and their families 
are suffering. Mortgage payments are not being made. Utility bills are 
not being met. Car payments are not being made. Clothes for the kids 
are not being met, and contractors are not being paid. I hope Federal 
employees will come to Washington, to Capitol Hill to share their pain 
with these Republican revolutionaries.

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