[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9627-H9628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ON ISSUE 2 IN STATE OF OHIO

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, there is an issue in the State of Ohio 
which I

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wanted to call to the attention of the Members. The State of Ohio has 
on the ballot an issue, issue 2, which would severely restrict the 
right of people to be able to collect once they are injured on the job.
  I believe that workers have many rights, and one of the rights which 
workers have is to be able to be fairly compensated when they are 
injured on the job. Issue 2 in Ohio would really affect that right of 
injured workers. It would stop women, for example, from being able to 
be fairly compensated for repetitive motion injuries. It would cut the 
amount of time that people would be able to apply for benefits. It 
would cut the amount of time that people would be able to, in effect, 
file a complaint about an injury they received on the job.
  In this Congress we are here to protect our constituents. And as 
someone who is very concerned about workers' rights and about people's 
rights to be able to be compensated if they are injured on the job, I 
am voting against issue 2 in Ohio. And I am hoping all those people in 
Ohio will recognize that they should do the same, to vote ``no.''

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