[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 10 (Thursday, January 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H841]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRESS MUST BE RESPONSIBLE ON BUDGET

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this is no time to gloat, even 
though the Republicans raised $16 million at a fundraiser last night. I 
think it is time to listen to the President's message. We should never, 
never, never shut the Government down again.
  But if we do not pass a new debt ceiling limit, I will tell you what 
we will do. We will not be able to pay Social Security payments on 
March 1. We will not be able to pay veterans benefits on March 1. And, 
yes, we will not be able to pay our troops in Bosnia on March 1.
  How outrageous. Wall Street is trembling. Six former Secretaries of 
the Treasury said this is outrageous that we would bring a government, 
a nation, to its knees.
  Congress, wake up, stand up, and work together. Pass a new debt 
ceiling limit and be responsible to the American people. This is no 
time to play with our lives and jeopardize the lives and the hopes and 
dreams of our seniors, our veterans, and our men and woman laying their 
lives on the line in Bosnia.

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