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“IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H11788-H11789 on Nov. 7, 1995.
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IT IS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. Speaker, when this historic Congress convened, a number of us in the new majority promised our constituents that we would work hard to eliminate wasteful Federal agencies that cater to special interests. Soon we will have an opportunity to do just that by eliminating the Department of Commerce.
The Commerce Department, which was ostensibly created to promote American business interests, has evolved into a mish-mash of ineffective and outmoded programs which soak the American taxpayer for hundreds of millions of dollars while providing precious little in return.
We promised we would balance the budget, not by raising taxes but by cutting wasteful spending. This is a perfect example, the Department of Commerce, of wasteful spending.
Mr. Speaker, we have to crack down on corporate welfare, and the Department of Commerce is a good place to begin. It is little more than a welfare department for big corporations. We should have the courage to eliminate it.
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