Bob Wise: “here we go again today, another temporary spending bill, or CR, continuing resolution, as it is known. The Republican…”

“here we go again today, another temporary spending bill, or CR, continuing resolution, as it is known. The Republican leadership promised to run Congress like a business. What kind of business can operate this way, where it is now in the sixth month of its budget year, the 1996 year, but still has not passed a final 1996 budget, and is now holding hearings on the 1997 budget? Mr. Speaker, this is the 10th temporary spending bill this year. This one is for a week. We are not sure what is next, perhaps a day, perhaps 3 hours. Maybe just run the Government from lunchtime to quitting time and then vote again. Mr. Speaker, whether it is 1 month or 1 hour, the fact is this temporary spending bill continues an already extreme message: stiff cuts in vital education programs. In West Virginia, it means 226 teachers and 90 aides laid off in 2 weeks. It is going to mean 6,500 students next year that will not be able to take advantage of the vital title I program. Cutting back education? What kind of business is this?”