[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


    INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 1764, AN ACT TO END PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, of all of the ideas invented by the 
American left, none has been more destructive to the American notion of 
fair play and equal justice than affirmative action. It has changed 
America from a country grounded in individual rights to one where 
justice is determined by what is done for and to one's racial or ethnic 
group.
  Discrimination is wrong, period, and affirmative action is nothing 
more than discrimination with the Federal seal of approval. That is why 
on June 7, I introduced H.R. 1764, an act to end preferential 
treatment. Based on the California Civil Rights Initiative and 
introduced in the other body by Senators Helms and Smith, H.R. 1764 
eliminates all Federal affirmative action programs in public 
employment, public contracting, and programs providing race-based 
benefits in education. H.R. 1764, puts America on the color-blind path 
envisioned by true believers in civil rights. It puts us on the road 
where skill and initiative determines an American's future, rather than 
skin color or where his parents came from.
  Mr. Speaker, it really is long past time to end affirmative action. 
Support H.R. 1764, and put America back where it belongs.


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