07/20/1998
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"So for them to cause a shutdown, denying Americans the services their tax dollars support, as a tactic in the budget debate is wrong."
"It is wrong for them to shut the Government down again just before Christmas."
"If the Republican plan becomes law, millions of children would be denied basics they need: health care they now have, schooling they can count on, school lunches, a safe place to live, or air and wate..."
"The Republican plan would raise taxes for over 7 million of our hardest pressed working families."