On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
Today it is time to finally ease the pain of our Federal employees and to quit blurring the picture. The focus needs to be on the President's failure to negotiate in good faith and not on the unfortunate people that he has put in the middle of this. I deeply regret that our Federal workers have been placed in the middle of this debate, and I know that they have experienced hardship and uncertainty over the last 21 days. I understand their frustration and anger over a situation over which they have no control. They do not deserve it. Mr. Speaker, today we are acting in good faith, and it is time for the President to do the same. Franklin Roosevelt once said it is the duty of the President to propose and the duty of the Congress to dispose. The President needs to propose a balanced budget, just as he agreed to, just as he signed into law weeks ago that he would do, and he needs to do it now.
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