[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICANS SHOULD STOP SPINNING TRUTH ABOUT WHO IS TRYING TO SHUT 
                            GOVERNMENT DOWN

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, the American public is watching Members of 
Congress trying to put a spin on why we have not done our work. In the 
final analysis, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. We have 
either completed our work or we have not.
  We have not completed our work. That is for sure. We are here, and we 
have not passed all of our appropriation bills. We see people coming to 
this floor talking about, oh, Mr. President, please do not shut the 
House down. Well, the buck stops at the top. The Republicans are in 
charge of this House. They make every decision about how the committees 
work or when we come to this floor.
  I fly all the way from California almost every week. No votes are up. 
Sometimes, we only work a day and a half. I fly all the way back home, 
and I come back thinking we are going to work on a Monday. Guess what? 
No votes.
  We do not need to tell the American public about who is going to shut 
the government down. The American public is smart. They know who is in 
charge. They know who has not done their work. Let us stop spinning and 
tell the truth.

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