[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1831]
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                     NO MORE MANDATORY SEX TRAINING

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                            HON. RON PACKARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 23, 1997

  Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, I was particularly pleased by passage of 
the Treasury-Postal operations spending bill this past week because of 
a provision I worked hard to include in this legislation which will 
protect the rights of Federal employees. With the help of my colleague, 
Ernest Istook, who sits on this subcommittee, we were able to attach 
language to prohibit funding for nontechnical Federal employee 
training, including `How-To' sessions on condom use, sex techniques, 
and the proper way to clean needles in order to shoot-up illicit drugs.
  In 1995, I fought to deny funding for the Clinton administration's 
controversial agenda to promote diversity through mandatory training 
sessions. I have seen some of this training and it is truly shocking. I 
worked to retain this provision to ensure that Federal workers won't 
have to endure this training and taxpayers won't have to pay for it.
  Mr. Speaker, the training sponsored by the administration goes far 
beyond employees' professional responsibilities. It is inappropriate 
for the Federal Government to use taxpayers' money to subject Federal 
employees to this kind of social engineering. Our language should put 
an end to this lunacy.
  We should only fund those things vital to the function of the 
Government. I think most hard-working Americans would agree that 
training Federal employees to safely use drugs or wear condoms in no 
way falls under that category. I will work to ensure that this 
provision is retained in the conference report to the Treasury-Postal 
Operations spending bill. I encourage all of my colleagues to support 
this language.

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