Timothy Roemer: “I would continue along this path that we are debating here and say…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1995

I would continue along this path that we are debating here and say that it is equally shameful, not only not to provide us the opportunity to cut some of this waste and some of this pork, but to then pit great programs one against the other. First of all, the opportunity for us to support our veterans, which I just did, and restore $206 million to make sure our veterans get access to outpatient care is a great expenditure of money. However, then to turn around and say the only way you can do that is to cut AmeriCorps and tell 18- and 19- and 20-year-olds that they cannot teach in schools in the South, or they cannot help in terms of cleaning up the environment in the West, or they cannot help in terms of great programs where they volunteer and serve and get into careers to help different Americans throughout the country, is a real travesty in this country.

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Timothy Roemer

Indiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding for veterans and the impact of budget cuts on AmeriCorps programs.

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Timothy Roemer: “I would continue along this path that we are debating here and say that it is equally shameful, not only not to provide…”

Editor's note · Context