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On the recordJanuary 6, 1995
I have the privilege and delight to be a member, for the next 2 years, of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. I want to take this opportunity to discuss, in general, why I feel that assignment to be so significant and why I feel so privileged to be a member of a committee with the jurisdiction that it possesses. I also want to discuss one specific issue which has been discussed in that committee in the past, which I regard as being of peculiar and special importance. Issues which will come before the Labor Committee include many that are of vital concern to all Americans in today's world. These issues include those relating to aging, to disability policies, overwhelmingly to education, to families and children, to employment, and to productivity. I see two profound tidal changes in American society today that are driving the concerns of millions upon millions of our people.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Discussing his assignment to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources and its significance.

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