[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H96]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 LAYOFFS AND GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: JUST THE BEGINNING OF A TWO-PRONGED 
                  ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, AT&T lays off 40,000 employees at a time 
when profits have never been better. The Republican Congress furloughs 
260,000 Federal workers for no reason other than to use them as human 
shields in the GOP jihad to provide tax cuts to companies like AT&T.
  This, Mr. Speaker, is just the beginning of a two-pronged attack on 
the American middle class. Daily, I get calls from constituents 
wondering why they cannot go back to work while negotiations over the 
budget continue. Even Bob Dole has said enough is enough and that 
Federal workers should return to work.
  However, our noble Speaker of the House, whose behavior resembles 
that of the King of Prussia, insists on keeping Federal workers off the 
job until the President goes along with his attack on Medicare. Mr. 
Speaker, Bob Dole is right, enough is enough.

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