[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              FLOOD RELIEF

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, the Government shutdown artists are at it 
again. Americans watched with disgust as this House Republican 
leadership shut down the Government and frittered away one and a half 
billion dollars of taxpayers' hard-earned money. Well now, this same 
crowd is in control, and they propose to shut down flood relief moneys 
to families desperate for assistance throughout the American Midwest.

                              {time}  1015

  Even though the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense 
say that our troops in Bosnia cannot rotate out in order and cannot 
come home after placing their lives at risk for our security, they 
would shut down those funds.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that the American people can see that this 
same shutdown fervor for partisan political advantage is wrong and they 
can recognize when they look at North Dakota that it is not the only 
disaster area in this country. One of those disasters is occurring 
right here, when the needs of the American people are forgotten in the 
race for partisan political advantage.

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