[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H781-H782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HOLDING THE NATION HOSTAGE

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I thought the most interesting thing the 
President had to say last night was his point No. 7. It was a very 
serious thing. I certainly hear this as I travel around this country. I 
have never heard a President in the State of the Union do this.
  He said, now that we have talked about all the agendas that we come 
together in this great American community and try to work on together, 
let me tell you what the American community thinks of this body. He 
virtually said, grow up.

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  He is absolutely right. Do not take the full faith and credit of this 
Nation hostage for ideological wars. This is absolutely ridiculous. It 
has never been done in the history of this Republic. I think the people 
are fed up with our, A, shutting down the Government and, B, now 
talking about that as not enough, we will push the credit off the 
cliff.
  That would not be tolerated by our forefathers and foremothers, and 
the American people have run out of their toleration with it. I hope 
this body listened last night.

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