On the recordMarch 7, 1996
I yield myself 50 seconds to simply note that despite the comment of the previous speaker, the President has never threatened a shutdown of the Government. That has come over from their side of the aisle. It has come from time to time from the very top levels of their side of the aisle. The record is pretty clear; the President has done everything humanly possible to avoid it. I would suggest that the Congress this year has done virtually nothing while we are in session, it has done virtually nothing, except to take time off to allow Mr. Dole to campaign. Then when we finally do come back to work, it passes this let's-pretend bill, which is going nowhere and is already facing a Presidential veto. That is not my idea of a Congress that is serious about its business.
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