[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 
                                PROGRAMS

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, there he goes again. The President of the 
United States is trying, once again, to go around the American people 
to implement his liberal agenda. He signed an executive order that 
greatly expands affirmative action programs in the Federal Government 
to include sexual orientation as a protected class.
  Now most Americans believe that every human being has basic rights, 
including the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but 
why should someone's sex life be a reason for special status in our 
government?
  Mr. Speaker, the President is out of touch with the American people. 
The American people do not want quotas, they do not want special 
preferences, and they certainly do not want affirmative action based on 
sexual orientation.
  Like the President's efforts to put homosexuals in the military, this 
executive order should be resisted. The American people stand for 
fairness, not for special breaks for special interests.

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