David Thomas: “I agree thoroughly with Senator Dole and the Members of this body in seeking to have a resolution which would put the…”

“I agree thoroughly with Senator Dole and the Members of this body in seeking to have a resolution which would put the Government back in place. It seems to me that that is what we should do. We ought to have a limited CR in which there is time to proceed with what I hope are useful negotiations that are going on. We need to put this thing behind us and get on with resolving the problems. There are, however, I think, a couple of other things that we also ought to be able to expect. One is that the White House and the President should deliver what they said they would. We did this on November 19, I believe. We had an agreement that we would have a CR, that during that time there would be a balanced budget based on CBO numbers, over 7 years. It did not happen. That did not happen. Then we had an opportunity--the White House did--to pass appropriations bills, to put almost all those back to work who are now furloughed. They did not do that. He vetoed it. Mr. President, there is another difficulty that we have had in Wyoming. It has to do with Yellowstone Park.”