[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      DO WE CHOOSE PORK OR PEOPLE?

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, President Clinton vetoed a bad 
bill proposed by the Republican leadership that would have cut crucial 
education and job training programs for our young people, in order to 
fund wasteful pork projects. As that legislation comes back to 
Congress, it is time to reassess our priorities. Do we choose pork or 
people?
  Democratic priorities are clear. We want to work to make a better 
future for America's working families. Education and job training help 
to give our young people the tools they need to succeed in life. They 
should not be sacrificed for another multimillion-dollar courthouse or 
another needless tax giveaway to the wealthy.
  I believe that Democrats and Republicans can work together to fashion 
a package of cuts that will preserve crucial education and job training 
programs and achieve deficit reduction. The bill that the President 
vetoed yesterday failed on both counts, and, therefore, failed 
America's working families. The President was right to veto it.


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