[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                           AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

  (Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I am a product of good 
affirmative action. Aggressive outreach programs represent good 
affirmative action.
  Discrimination unfortunately does exist in this country. We must 
identify those who break antidiscrimination laws and we must punish 
them swiftly and severely.
  Quotas, set-asides, and race norming are all related. They are close 
cousins. I abhor them all.
  Race norming was eliminated in 1991; quotas are despised by everyone; 
and set-asides, which like quotas refers to proportional 
representation, should also be banned.
  They attempt to help minorities and women but they create racial 
tension and they stigmatize their benefactors as products of a flawed 
system.
  Seventy-seven percent of African-Americans oppose preferential 
treatment for minorities, according to a Gallup Poll.
  There is nothing wrong with having goals coupled with rigorous 
outreach, but race and gender-based set-asides are wrong.


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