[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9143-H9144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            THE CAREERS BILL

  (Mr. GOODLING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, since we have so little time today to 
discuss 

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the CAREERS bill, which may be one of the most important pieces of 
legislation that comes before the House in this session, I would like 
to just call your attention to one area.
  There are those who are working diligently to keep the monopoly that 
the State voc rehab people now have and enjoy that is totally opposite 
of what the disability community wants.
  So I would hope, when you listen today, you will think about what we 
have received in a letter from ARC, which is formally known as the 
Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States. This is what 
they say:

       To delink the vocational rehabilitation system from this 
     new system in careers will only serve to isolate the VR 
     system and people with mental retardation from employers. No 
     one would gain except those professionals in the voc rehab 
     system whose agenda is to protect turf. We do not think that 
     is what reform is all about.

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