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Elizabeth Furse: “Let us not stoop to nonsense in this, the people's House. Affirmative action was put in place to right historical…”

On the recordMay 6, 1998
Let us not stoop to nonsense in this, the people's House. Affirmative action was put in place to right historical wrongs, wrongs of sexism and racism. This amendment turns the clock back 30 years. Women and minorities were not underrepresented in colleges because we were stupid. We knew that we were underrepresented because of sexism and racism. And today we are not stupid. We know what this amendment does. It turns the clock back; back to a day that we should all have been quite ashamed of. We understand this issue; women and minorities, we know. We know why this amendment was put in place, and I urge my colleagues to vote no on this amendment.
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Elizabeth Furse
Oregon
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Opposing an amendment related to affirmative action during a House debate.

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