[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A CALL TO ADDRESS THE REAL NEEDS

  (Mr. FATTAH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I think it was Emerson who said, ``If we 
make our Deal with life for a penny and we get no more, then there's no 
one to blame except ourselves.`` There was a lot of motion yesterday, 
but very little action on the issues that affect the heartland of our 
Nation.
  I would like to compliment the majority on a day in which they 
accomplished what they set out to do and ask them to raise their vision 
slightly now to focus on the real problems of our land. Let us spend 13 
hours on how to create jobs in this country, how to provide training 
and opportunity so Americans can come to work and earn a decent wage.
  We all started a new job yesterday. There are some Americans, 
millions of them, who do not have a job to go to. Before we pat 
ourselves on the back too much, let us look now at the real needs of 
this Nation, and as those who have been given the tremendous 
responsibility to help shape the future of this land, let us now 
dedicate our work and our actions to those issues.

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