On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
I must say I am very troubled that we do not have the opportunity under this rule to be able to move to recommit the bill and do a clean continuing resolution to open the Government. I really see this body moving from extremism to fanaticism, and that troubles me. We have had 14 votes so far, the way I count it, to open this Government, and we will soon have the 15th on the previous question. You do not need keys to unlock this Government, you need a voting card; and all you have to do is vote right on the 15th vote, even though we have not on the last 14, and we can get this Government open and we will stop looking so silly. What we are going to be doing is paying people to go to work, but there will not be any work for them to do, because there will be no programs for them to administer or anything else. So really we have not gotten where we want to be.
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