Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, as I said yesterday, the EEOC is handling the case load, the backlog, in a very efficient way. They are beginning to reduce that backlog, not as much as we would all like to see, but nevertheless the backlog is being reduced. We kept the EEOC at level funding this year while we were cutting most of the other agencies over which we have jurisdiction except the law enforcement agencies. But we held them harmless from cuts so that they could continue to make progress in working off that backlog, and they have made progress this year. We commend them for that. My problem with the gentlewoman's amendment is that it takes money from, as I have said before, the law enforcement functions that we are funding in this bill primarily. There would be moneys taken by this amendment from the war on drugs. We would see a reduction in the funding of the Drug Enforcement Administration. We would see reductions in the funding for the Nation's attempts to control its border. We could see a cut in the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the numbers of Border Patrol agents that we can put on the border. We would see a reduction in the FBI funding which is waging the war on crime and of course terrorism. We would see a reduction in the level of State and local law enforcement funding for those who are fighting crime, both drugs, youth and all other crime, in our communities and neighborhoods.”