David Skaggs: “I hope that is good evidence of things sort of taking seed, anyway. I know we have a great deal of work to do to make…”

I want to express my deep respect to the gentleman from California for bringing this before the House. I agree with him that we ought to face up to our constitutional responsibilities, and that would incline me to support him. I agree with…

Mr. Speaker, of course we want to support American troops as they carry out this dangerous and important mission. But let us not lose sight of the sad fact that President Clinton has acted in violation of the Constitution in ordering these…

Mr. Chairman, continuing, what this is really about on the merits is whether we want a country in which all Americans have access to fair employment treatment by their Federal Government. It is as simple as that. It is not about quotas…

but in recent years, we have allowed the President to usurp Congress' power in this area and far exceed, I believe, what the Constitution contemplated. I just wanted to offer to my colleagues' attention what I hope will be a graphic…