[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 64 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEMOCRATS WOULD SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT AGAIN

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that liberal Democrats 
want to protect big government and that they are addicted to special 
interest money. But it is interesting to see the lengths to which they 
will go in order to protect the status quo here in Washington.
  Earlier this week, a Democrat leader said the following: ``We are 
simply going to shut this place down.''
  What that means Mr. Speaker, is that the liberals in the Democratic 
Party are so extreme that they are willing to put a halt to the 
business of Congress in order to do the bidding of the union bosses 
here in Washington.
  What it also means is there may be no gas tax repeal. No Medicare 
reform. No welfare reform. No tax relief for America's families. And no 
balanced budget.
  It is sad that a once-proud party has resorted to extremism and 
blackmail to force their special interest agenda on the American 
people.

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