[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WHAT IS TRULY HAPPENING

  (Mr. COOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COOLEY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Democratic Party could have 
put back to work 133,000 public employees in what is called the 
Interior appropriations bill. We are trying on this side of the aisle 
to remedy some of the problems that this country faces and putting the 
Government back to work and providing services for the American people.
  We were not able to do that, and yet we are being criticized as the 
obstructionists in this process. We are not the only obstructionists. 
We are trying everything possible to put this Government back to work 
within the balanced budget that we have presented to the President. But 
instead we are being criticized for doing our work by the other side, 
who will not even come across and help us put these people back to 
work.
  I think that it is about time we look at the issue. Stop listening to 
the big lies and start realizing what is truly happening here.

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