[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]




         MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE SALARIES WITHHELD DURING SHUTDOWN

  (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, this is day 20 of the partial shutdown of 
Federal Government; 760,000 Federal employees did not receive their 
paychecks, and 280,000 of them cannot even report to work, although I 
hear many of them are trying very hard to do so; they do want to work.
  I am a Federal employee. If our Federal employees are not being paid, 
I am having my salary withheld just as they are having their salaries 
withheld. They are being held hostage.
  Also, I am here to work. I am not furloughed, and I will stay here to 
work, and I will vote against this House recessing until we have our 
Federal Government operating fully again. It is our responsibility; let 
us rise to it on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and open up 
Government.

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