[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17221]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS THE BOY SCOUTS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, it never ceases to amaze me just how out of 
touch the Clinton-Gore administration is with the problems, the real 
problems, facing this Nation.
  For example, more than 5 million acres of beautiful forest lands have 
burned to a black ash due to years of mismanagement and neglect by this 
administration, and yet the Clinton-Gore administration has decided to 
focus its time, its energy, and the taxpayer dollars of every 
hardworking American on whether or not the Boy Scouts should be allowed 
to camp on public grounds.
  That is right, Mr. Speaker. This administration has launched its 
latest politically motivated attack against one of our Nation's most 
respected institutions, the Boy Scouts of America. Everyone knows that 
the Boy Scouts have done more for this country than the Clinton-Gore 
administration and the Boy Scouts are out educating young adults in 
character, responsibility and citizenship, three qualities that have 
not often been used to describe this administration.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time that the Clinton-Gore administration stop 
attacking every group that is making our Nation great and instead start 
focusing on the problems of this Nation.

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