[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 9 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, there are few greater causes than 
serving your Nation. Generations of Americans from every single walk of 
life have dedicated themselves to defending our Nation as part of the 
United States Armed Forces. They are worthy of our thanks, our praise, 
and over the past few days we have watched them bring great honor to 
our Nation.
  Yet today many of our country's law schools are treating America's 
military with disdain and disrespect.

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  I bet there are millions of Americans who have no idea that many of 
the Nation's elite law schools, schools that receive tax dollars in the 
form of loan subsidies and grants, are refusing to allow military 
recruiters on campus. They allow the well-heeled law firms from New 
York, from Washington, Chicago on campus to recruit; but they say no to 
this Nation's military.
  I ask all my colleagues to join the gentleman from California 
(Chairman Hunter) in his efforts today to ensure that our institutions 
of higher learning treat the American military with the respect and the 
access that it deserves. I ask them to support House Concurrent 
Resolution 36.

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