On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
this bill is better than nothing, but for the 2,000 Almacs employees who just got their pink slips on September 15, this bill means nothing to them. There was a glimmer of hope, because the President and the Department of Labor promised them $2 million, one-third of which was going to go to them immediately to help get them the new jobs. For Richard and Robert LaBreche, they went to the competitor and the competitor would only pay them $4.75 an hour. That is not enough for them to make ends meet. They were used to getting $30,000 a year. Mr. Speaker, they could get those new jobs if they got the retraining dollars they needed, but this bill does not open up the whole Government and that is what is wrong with it. We should open up the whole Government and let all the people get the representation that they are paying for as taxpayers of this country.
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