[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H191-H192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ARE THERE NOT JUST 21 RESPONSIBLE REPUBLICANS?

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Capital crisis, shutdown II, day 21, and we are looking 
for just 21 

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responsible Republicans, just 21 Republicans who have the common sense 
and courage to put country above party conference, just 21 Republicans 
who have the heart to help moms and dads and families in distress, just 
21 Republicans who will have the honesty to recognize the 
destructiveness of the course set by the Republican leadership driven 
by its most extreme faction, just 21 Republicans who can publicly act 
on the convictions they have privately acknowledged.
  Are there not just 21 Republicans in the House of Representatives who 
will follow the leadership of Senator Dole, who aspires to lead the 
country? What mob psychology prevails to prevent just 21 Republicans 
from doing what is right, just 21 Republicans to say, with Bob Dole, 
enough is enough?

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