[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 65 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           AMERICORPS' WASTEFUL SPENDING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, I would like to talk a little bit about 
AmeriCorps. We found out recently that in Colorado, AmeriCorps has 
built some hornos, H-O-R-N-O, and hornos are mud stoves that were used 
by the Indians some 4,000 years ago. And we have spent our American tax 
dollars at a park in Colorado to build these hornos, so that if we 
happen to be traveling through Colorado and we have the urge to stop 
and cook some tortillas or cook some food on these hornos, well, our 
tax dollars have provided that opportunity to us.
  Now, AmeriCorps had a good intent of trying to bring nonprofit 
organizations together, but these paid volunteers now have taken our 
tax dollars and they are starting to expend it in funny ways. We have 
now an opportunity in the very near future to eliminate this tremendous 
waste, so I just wanted to bring to the country's attention how their 
tax dollars have been wasted through this organization called 
AmeriCorps, which is a code word for paid volunteers.

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