[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        NO WAY TO RUN A CONGRESS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, when my Republican colleagues took over 
this institution 15 months ago, they promised to run the House like a 
business with the best management practices. However, their stewardship 
looks more like a Arnold Schwarzenegger screenplay.
  The victims are everywhere. Because of the incompetence of this House 
majority, we are operating under a temporary spending plan, and today 
they want us to vote again on a 1-week extension of this spending plan. 
It will be the 10th temporary funding bill this year, no way to run a 
business or the House of Representatives.
  Who suffers from this stop-and-go budgeting? Our kids, our children. 
Local school districts need to start planning now for the new school 
year, and they do not know what to expect from Washington. They do know 
that Republicans are slashing over $3 billion from education. My 
Republican colleagues are leaving children and parents in the dark, and 
that is wrong.
  Let us honor our commitment to education and our kids, and give them 
the tools that they need to succeed in the 21st century.

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