[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4114]
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                AT LEAST THE REPUBLICANS ARE CONSISTENT

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, our Republican friends are continuing their 
pattern. Now it is an assault on college student loans and financial 
aid in order to get money to finance tax breaks for the rich.
  Just the other week we saw them taking school lunches out of the 
mouths of America's children in order to get money to finance tax 
breaks for the rich, and now we see them assaulting working people. 
They would not raise the minimum wage. They want to eliminate OSHA, 
which protects the standards in the workplace and the safety of 
American workers, and now they want to repeal Davis-Bacon, which 
assures construction workers a prevailing fair wage.
  There is a rally today at 1 p.m. in front of the Capitol to protect 
the Davis-Bacon Act which will protect construction workers, and I hope 
my colleagues will attend.
  Once again we see the same pattern. At least the Republicans are 
consistent: Assault the middle class, help the rich. Next they will go 
after Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Medicaid in a block 
grant? Who is kidding whom?
  Mr. Speaker, the Republicans just want to cut, cut, cut, cut the 
middle class and help their wealthy friends.

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