[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    MORE ON THE DO-NOTHING CONGRESS

  (Mr. DeFAZIOasked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, today is day 109 of work for this do-
nothing Congress. No budget, not done, we are going to do another 
temporary continuing resolution to fund the entire United States 
Government at 2:30 this afternoon.
  The Republican leaders would like to blame the President for the fact 
that they have failed for the first time in 25 years in Congress to 
produce a budget resolution and a budget to send to the President. The 
reason they have failed is we have only worked 109 days here in 
Washington, D.C., and many of those days were starting at 5:00, out at 
6:00. A lot of Americans would love to have that kind of a schedule.
  The average American has worked 200 days this year. Day in, day out 
they have produced. They have worked, and they have gotten a modest 
salary.
  The Republican Congress has worked only 109 days in Washington, D.C., 
and failed miserably in its most basic task, producing a budget, let 
alone in producing other legislation to protect Americans against 
health care fraud and other issues.

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