[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPUBLICANS DECISION TO INVESTIGATE LABOR DEPARTMENT IS ABUSE OF SLUSH 
                              FUND MONEYS

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, well, here we go again. Last week, in 
the Committee on House Oversight, of which I am a member, with less 
than a 24-hour notice, which is an abuse of the rules, I find out when 
I walk in that the House Republicans had decided to spend $1.4 million 
to investigate the Labor Department, America's hard-working men and 
women and how they work for their companies.
  There has been over $10 million spent this year on investigations by 
Republicans. Unfortunately, these same leaders in our Congress have cut 
Medicaid, Medicare, nutrition services, and we can go on and on.
  Mr. Speaker, I am a Member of this Congress because I want to work 
for good jobs and opportunity for young people. I want to stop the 
witch hunts. And when we can use an abusive slush fund, set aside for 
just that, to investigate, to the tune just this Congress in this 6 
months $10 million, I think the people ought to be outraged.
  Let us get to the work of the people.

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