John Bel Edwards said "I am disappointed that some Members on the Republican side of the aisle would not walk those 45 feet it would take to sign a discharge petition so we would not default on our debt, so that on March 1 we could pay Social Security recipients their checks, and veterans, and even soldiers serving in Bosnia now will not get paid if we do not do something about this debt problem. If he and I were in business and we were within 30 days of our company going bankrupt, and we took a 26-day vacation and went to Hawaii and got a paid vacation and said, ``We will come back 4 days before our company goes bankrupt,'' what do you think the stockholders of that company would do to you and me?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996

I am disappointed that some Members on the Republican side of the aisle would not walk those 45 feet it would take to sign a discharge petition so we would not default on our debt, so that on March 1 we could pay Social Security recipients their checks, and veterans, and even soldiers serving in Bosnia now will not get paid if we do not do something about this debt problem. If he and I were in business and we were within 30 days of our company going bankrupt, and we took a 26-day vacation and went to Hawaii and got a paid vacation and said, ``We will come back 4 days before our company goes bankrupt,'' what do you think the stockholders of that company would do to you and me?

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John Bel Edwards

Democratic · Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the need to address the debt problem to avoid default and ensure payments to Social Security recipients and veterans.

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