[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H192-H193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           A VERY EXPENSIVE THEATER TICKET FOR THE TAXPAYERS

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, as one who is prepared to leave this 
body, with my quasi-emeritus status let me say I think this institution 
is in one ``mell of a hess'' today. It is in terrible shape. We have 
Democrats coming down and citing their agreement with the Republican 
leaders, and we see the reckless right on their side having abandoned 
their leaders. We are having to cite their leaders, and they are 
running from their leaders.
  What is going on? Mr. Speaker, we have now spent over $1.5 billion on 
this shutdown, this little political theater. That is a very expensive 
theater ticket. Taxpayers ought to be very angry about that.
  But this is not enough for the reckless right. Now they want to 
impeach 

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Secretary Rubin. They want to impeach Secretary Rubin because he has 
been trying to pay the bills and not totally default.
  It is not like this Government does not look foolish enough. They 
want it to look even more foolish.
  I encourage them to listen to their own leadership and stop this 
political theater now.

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