[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   WOMEN OF AMERICA WANT THE SAME THINGS THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS DOES

  (Ms. DUNN of Washington asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN of Washington. Madam Speaker, when women back home in my 
district talk to me about what Congress is doing these days, I tell 
them that Congress is dealing with the very problems that women are 
concerned about.
  Well, what is it that we women care about? We want opportunity for 
ourselves and our families. We want some sense that there will be a 
retirement system we can count on. We want personal safety. We want 
health care security. We want a homemaker IRA because we know that the 
work that is done inside the home is every bit as important, if not 
more important, than that work done outside the home.
  I have found that my friends at home care about the very same things 
that this Republican Congress does, helping families keep more of their 
paychecks so they can decide how to do more for their children in their 
communities; saving Medicare for our parents and encouraging local 
answers as we solve the major problems of crime and education and 
protecting the environment.
  Madam Speaker, our solutions are not complicated and they do not 
require congressional studies. I have found if I listen to the American 
woman and respect her advice, the answers are all there.

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