[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        PRESIDENT CLINTON COMMENDED FOR VETOING RESCISSIONS BILL

  (Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to commend 
President Clinton for his leadership in vetoing the mean-spirited 
rescission bill that passed this body. It is unbelievable that our 
President has to use his first veto on a bill to stand up for our 
children and our future. Investing in our children with programs like 
Goals 2000, Safe and Drug Free Schools, AmeriCorps, and School to Work 
Programs promote the betterment of our country.
  Drastically reducing funds which go toward educating our children 
sends a bad signal to the rest of the world, telling them, we do not 
want to be competitive in the next century, we do not want to train our 
children to be the best that they can be, we do not want drug education 
in our schools. We need to stop this nonsense of cutting $16 billion in 
domestic aid that affect our children at home and turning around to 
authorize $16 billion for foreign aid for people abroad. Again, I 
commend President Clinton for vetoing this ill-advised rescissions 
bill.


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