[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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         SPECIAL INTEREST ORGANIZA- TIONS OPPOSE SPENDING CUTS

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, any time a Member of Congress has the 
audacity to suggest spending cuts in this body, the special interests 
pounce upon that Member of Congress with a vengeance. The latest target 
of special interest lobbying is cutting spending A to Z. This plan 
really has the big special interests upset, and there are certainly a 
lot of these special interests to get upset.
  Let me give a listing that was recently sent to our offices, A to Z, 
of some of the special interests that are saying that they are opposed 
to cutting spending this time around:
  AFSCME, the AIDS Action Council, the Air Force Association, the Air 
Force Sergeants Association, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile 
Workers Union, the Amalgamated Transit Union, the American Arts 
Alliance, the American Association of Classified School Employees, the 
American Association of Community Colleges, the American Association of 
Dental Schools, the American Council on Education, the American 
Counseling Association, the American Educational Research Association, 
the American Ex-Prisoners of War, the American Federation of Government 
Employees, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Jewish 
Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the American Network of 
Community Options and Resources, the American Planning Association, the 
American Postal Workers Union, the American Public Health Association, 
the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, the American 
Symphony Orchestra League, Americans for Democratic Action, the 
Association of Art Museum Directors.
  Mr. Speaker, is my time up? I have not even gotten through the A's 
yet.

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