[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CAMPAIGN TO INTIMIDATE LABOR

  (Ms. SANCHEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican leadership engaged 
in a back room deal to spend $1.4 million in taxpayer funds to 
investigate labor unions. This funding came from the $7.9 million 
emergency slush fund which we can now see was set aside by Republicans 
to finance purely partisan projects.
  This abuse of taxpayer funding is intended to intimidate, to coerce 
and to harass political opponents, Americans who just do not happen to 
share the same views as the Republican leadership. It will be used to 
punish working men and working women who depend on employment 
protection provided by labor representation.
  A recent Washington Post poll said that most Americans believe 
politicians in Washington waste too much time and money in trying to 
dig up dirt on their opponents. It is no wonder the Republican Congress 
is better known as the witch-hunt Congress.

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