[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN

  (Mr. GINGRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to tell 
all of our coworkers in the Federal Government about the Combined 
Federal Campaign.
  For nearly 40 years, Federal workers have been contributing to local 
and national charities through the Combined Federal Campaign. When we 
give to the Combined Federal Campaign in the Washington area, 96 cents 
of every $1 goes directly to the charities of our choice.
  I urge everyone to find a charity to champion. As my colleagues know, 
I wear both a Habitat for Humanity pin and Earning by Learning pin, 
because I think those are programs that are very helpful.
  There are over 2000 local, national, and international organizations 
listed in the Combined Federal Campaign catalog. Your contribution can 
be automatically deducted from your paycheck.
  Some of you may not think your small contribution can make a 
difference, but it can. I just want to suggest that for the price of 2 
movie tickets deducted from your paycheck every month, you can send one 
disadvantaged child in the inner city to 5 life-changing days at a 
summer camp; $20 a month buys a light-weight wheelchair for a person 
with a disability; $30 a month provides equipment to establish a clinic 
for several villages in the Third World; $5 a month can buy 16 bottles 
of propane to instruct disadvantaged women in welding techniques for 
job training. With a one-time gift of $5, we can feed one Rwandan 
refugee child for 20 days.
  I want to thank Jay Eagen for his leadership in chairing the 
campaign. I urge every Member and House staffer to contact the key 
worker in your office and consider supporting the campaign today.

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