[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2396]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               A LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY

  (Mr. NORWOOD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, why the Democratic love affair with the 
bureaucracy? What motivates the Democrats to fight so hard to save it?
  As part of our welfare reform package, we Republicans have proposed 
increasing money for school nutrition programs and giving it directly 
to the States, thereby cutting out the bureaucracy. Yet, the Democrats 
have lied about the Republican plan to save the bureaucracy. Why?
  Well, a good investigator always follows the money. When we do, we 
find that the eight largest Federal Government employee PAC's in the 
last five election cycles contributed $17.1 million to Democratic 
candidates, but only $1.9 million to Republican candidates. That is 
about a 9-to-1 ratio favoring the Democrats.
  Could this be why the Democrats fight so hard and misinform so much? 
Are they really committed to the children, or to the bureaucracy that 
fills their electoral coffers?
  The Republican plan, Mr. Speaker, will put more money where it is 
needed most.

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