[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 47 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   GET REAL AND VOTE FOR REAL THINGS

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include 
extraneous material.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I find this debate fascinating. Like it 
is really easy to get a majority to lift taxes here, like people just 
love to run out and vote to lift taxes. Well, that is absolutely 
ridiculous. That is the hardest vote ever.
  What we really need to do is first have a budget here. I find it 
amazing that people are saying they are going to insist we have two-
thirds to raise taxes. When we did not even get a majority to have a 
budget? And we are halfway through this fiscal year. Yes, we are on 
continuing resolution No. 12, halfway through this year.
  And can you imagine a more inefficient way to run a government, a 
business, or anything? Every 2 weeks you have to come back here with 
your tin cup and rattle it, beg, tap dance, do whatever they ask you, 
to stay in business. We ought to be talking about doing something that 
we can do that is real. Until we get a budget for this year, I think it 
is interesting that we can throw all sorts of gimmicks around and say 
that is the solution. The solution is to get real and vote for real 
things.

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