Remarks on Signing the Columbus Day Proclamation
10/02/1988
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I repeat my call for the Congress to do its duty: Send me an acceptable budget without further delay.
I do this with great reluctance.
This is no way to run the Federal Government.
It would be unwise to grant another paid holiday to Federal employees, who already get 10 paid holidays a year, at a cost to the Government ...