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Patricia Schroeder: “for the first shutdown we spent $700 million. In this shutdown we are spending $40 million a day. We have now been shut…”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1996
for the first shutdown we spent $700 million. In this shutdown we are spending $40 million a day. We have now been shut down for 19 days. So that comes out to about $1.5 billion the taxpayers have paid for this little clown act. I think that is exactly what it is. We ought to call it what it is. When we say what is the real point, they say it is about honest numbers by the President 7 years from now. Even if the President gets reelected, he will not be President 7 years from now. This President and this Congress cannot possibly preordain what future Congresses and future presidents are going to do 7 years from now. We cannot even get decent weather forecasts for tomorrow. What are they talking about? Honest numbers, 7 years from now. I mean, what kind of arrogance is that that one side has honest numbers for 7 years and we do not. Meanwhile, we keep paying. Enough is enough.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the financial impact of the government shutdown and criticizing its justification.

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