[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H97]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HISTORIC HEIGHTS OF IRRESPONSIBILITY

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, we have risen to historic heights of 
irresponsibility led by our history professor. What a shame. What a 
shame. A previous speaker said that we needed a key to unlock 
Government, and he did not have the key. He was wrong.
  This is the key given to all 435 of us by the voters of our 
districts. It is a district question for each of us to be reasonable 
and responsible. We had that opportunity yesterday and we had a vote, 
and of all of the Republicans in the House, only two, only two of my 
colleagues, the gentlewoman from Maryland [Mrs. Morella] and the 
gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Davis], used this card to unlock the 
lockout of Government employees and Government services to the American 
public.
  My friend from Virginia who spoke previously said, stop making this a 
partisan issue. Bob Dole is the leading candidate for President in the 
Republican Party. He said, this does not make sense.

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