[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9803-H9804]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO UNION PACIFIC

  (Mr. SKELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, the lead story on the radio last evening 
was the

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fact that there will be a Federal investigation into the Union Pacific 
because of its merger and the fact that the employees of Union Pacific 
are under such stress and fatigue because of the downsizing.
  Let me point out that, as a result of testimony and actually visiting 
with young people in uniform of all services, there are stretches and 
strains and fatigue. The veterans of America understand this. The 
military retirees of America understand this. The parents of the young 
people understand this.
  So let us not forget those young people today who are in uniform 
defending America's interest regardless of whether they be here in the 
continental United States or ashore somewhere else, the stresses and 
strains under which they exist. Let us give them a word of 
encouragement, a word of thanks. Because they are a national treasure.

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