[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         SECRETARY OF LABOR NEEDS TO GET OUT IN THE REAL WORLD

  (Mr. HOEKSTRA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOEKSTRA. Mr. Speaker, here is what the Secretary of Labor said 
this morning on C-SPAN. ``This debate is not being driven by economic 
issues.'' I now know why the Secretary works for the Government. 
Everybody in the real world knows that a $4.9 trillion debt, that $200 
billion deficits and that deficits as far out as the eye can see, those 
are economic issues.
  The Secretary then goes on to moan that Federal workers cannot 
volunteer, at the same time his department has been shutting down 
Salvation Army bell ringers. Let us have some consistency.
  Mr. Secretary, get out of the Washington puzzle palace into the real 
world. It will give you a better perspective on the issues and the 
solutions that we need to be making in America today.

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