[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 52 (Thursday, April 15, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HOUSE AND SENATE SHOULD QUICKLY PASS FULL FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENTS OF 
                      COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, after the regrettably 
partisan fight that we witnessed here yesterday over the Census, I was 
tremendously pleased to read in the Washington Post this morning a 
statement by the chairman of the Subcommittee on the Census of the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Dan Miller), where he stated that the Republican majority 
was not continuing with their plans to shut down the government.
  Hopefully the House and Senate will move quickly to remove the 
uncertainty of all government agencies that were funded only to June 15 
because of the Census dispute. Commerce, Justice, State were funded not 
for a full year, but only to June 15.
  The leadership in both the House and Senate should move quickly to 
reassure the American public that the services provided by these 
agencies will continue for a full year by passing a full funding 
resolution.

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