[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            TALK ABOUT PORK

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, every American who cares about pork--and 
believes my colleagues' claims that we have a new Congress that is 
putting America on a pork-free diet--should pay close attention to the 
debate about defense spending today.
  You will learn that my friends on the other side of the aisle have 
not stopped the pork from sizzling, they have simply put a new name on 
the menu. You see, the bill we are considering adds more than $600 
million to our deficit.
  Why? Largely because my Republican colleagues have tacked on close to 
a billion dollars in spending that the Secretary of Defense does not 
even want.
  But of course, my friends, that billion is not pork.
  You see, in the Republican restaurant, investment in job training, or 
building new schools--now that is pork. So today, my colleagues will 
work to eliminate $300 million to train our kids for better jobs and 
help them learn in decent schools.
  Think about those priorities the next time you hear one of my 
colleagues talk about pork. Remember, it is not the size of the 
spending. It is where it is spent that makes them squeal.


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