Henry Bonilla: “I am going to lay a guilt trip on some of my colleagues who are considering at this time voting against this bill…”

“I am going to lay a guilt trip on some of my colleagues who are considering at this time voting against this bill, because if they are for children and if they are for education and if they are for an improved health care system, they want to vote for this bill. Otherwise, frankly, I do not know how my colleagues who are considering voting against this bill can sleep at night. Examples: We are increasing Job Corps funding in this country that would allow nine new Job Corps centers to be built by June of 1998, $45 million more for Job Corps this bill contains that we had in the last bill. So if Members want to support young people who are trying to get a second chance in communities across this country, they are going to vote for the bill. Otherwise, I do not know how they can live with their guilt of abandoning these young people who desperately need this money. The same could be said for the Centers for Disease Control. We are increasing funding for them $75 million over fiscal year 1996. How can my colleagues live with themselves if they consider voting against this bill and abandoning the good work that is done at the Centers for Disease Control.”