[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            SECRETARY O'LEARY GETS PORKER OF THE WEEK AWARD

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Washington Times reports this morning 
that energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary has spent $3.4 million to send 
17,000 DOE employees to a self-help workshop called Seven Habits which 
is based on the book by time-management guru Steven Covey.
  The 4-day workshops were run by 285 Energy Department Seven Habits 
facilitators and are designed to help DOE employees cope with the chaos 
of change.
  Last month, this same Department furloughed 2,700 of its employees--
without pay--due to budget shortfalls.
  It is reported that Secretary O'Leary rejected advice to cut from the 
training and travel budgets to avoid the furloughs.
  Perhaps it would be more advisable to send Secretary O'Leary to a 
money management workshop.
  One of Steven Coveys seven habits is to be proactive. Perhaps the 
President should be proactive and dump Secretary O'Leary.
  Secretary O'Leary gets my Porker of the Week Award this week.

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