[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H15488-H15489]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      DO NOT WALK AWAY FROM OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO WORKING FAMILIES

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I am holding a copy of an advertisement 
that ran in today's Washington Post paid for by a group of business 
leaders who are calling for a balanced budget. What they don't say is 
what they are willing to sacrifice to achieve that goal. Will they have 
the courage to say ``no'' to corporate welfare and tax breaks?
  The sponsors of this ad are questionable spokesmen for tightening our 
belts. Let me tell you about one, Lawrence Bossidy, the CEO of 
AlliedSignal. Mr. Bossidy earned $12.3 million last year, while closing 
down a plant in my district, putting 1,400 people out of work.
  Mr. Bossidy and the protectors of corporate subsidies could all learn 
a lesson from Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills. When his factory burnt 
to the ground earlier this month, Mr. Feuerstein did not walk away from 
his responsibility to his workers. This Congress should not walk away 
from our responsibility to America's working families by passing a 
Republican budget that protects corporate welfare, while cutting 
Medicare, Medicaid, and education for working families.

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