[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DEFEAT OF ``ISSUE 2'' A LESSON FOR ALL

  (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, yesterday one of the most important 
election issues in America was decided in the State of Ohio in favor of 
working families. Ohio ``Issue 2'' sought to reduce and eliminate many 
benefits accorded injured workers under the workers compensation 
system. When people are injured on the job, they have a right to fair 
compensation, but Issue 2 would have taken away that right.
  A powerful coalition led by labor and other representatives of 
injured workers rose up to protect the moral, the economic, and the 
spiritual rights of people to be able to be fairly compensated when 
they are injured on the job.
  The defeat of Issue 2 is a lesson for those who would seek to use the 
legislative process to deprive workers of their rights. It is also a 
lesson for those who would defy power which seems omnipotent, who 
believe that they could overcome the odds, assert their rights and 
triumph on behalf of working men and women.

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