[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 102 (Friday, July 29, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: July 29, 1994]
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                          VETERANS PREFERENCE

  (Mr. HUTCHINSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Madam Speaker, the administration's rhetoric versus 
reality gap grows ever wider. Barely a month after reaffirming its 
support for the Veterans Preference Act, the administration has 
betrayed our veterans. The Department of Justice has decided to lodge 
an appeal against an Administrative Board decision upholding the law in 
a layoff of postal workers.
  The Veterans Preference Act of 1944 establishes one of the most 
fundamental of veterans legal rights by giving wartime and disabled 
veterans first consideration for certain jobs and preference for 
retention in reductions in force.
  According to an article in the Washington Post yesterday, a spokesman 
for the American Legion, denounced the decision to appeal as 
``hypocritical.'' Other veterans' groups are also outraged.
  Madam Speaker, despite attempts to repair the administration's image 
with veterans and the military, including a stage-managed Presidential 
trip to Normandy for the 50th anniversary of D-day, Attorney General 
Janet Reno has shattered any illusions on where the administration 
really stands.

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