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“REPUBLICANS DECISION TO INVESTIGATE LABOR DEPARTMENT IS ABUSE OF SLUSH FUND MONEYS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5307 on July 16, 1997.
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REPUBLICANS DECISION TO INVESTIGATE LABOR DEPARTMENT IS ABUSE OF SLUSH
FUND MONEYS
(Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, well, here we go again. Last week, in the Committee on House Oversight, of which I am a member, with less than a 24-hour notice, which is an abuse of the rules, I find out when I walk in that the House Republicans had decided to spend $1.4 million to investigate the Labor Department, America's hard-working men and women and how they work for their companies.
There has been over $10 million spent this year on investigations by Republicans. Unfortunately, these same leaders in our Congress have cut Medicaid, Medicare, nutrition services, and we can go on and on.
Mr. Speaker, I am a Member of this Congress because I want to work for good jobs and opportunity for young people. I want to stop the witch hunts. And when we can use an abusive slush fund, set aside for just that, to investigate, to the tune just this Congress in this 6 months $10 million, I think the people ought to be outraged.
Let us get to the work of the people.
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