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David Obey: Mr. Chairman, the only repetitive motion injury that some Members of Congress are likely ever to endure will come from…

On the recordJune 8, 2000
Mr. Chairman, the only repetitive motion injury that some Members of Congress are likely ever to endure will come from the routine genuflecting to special interests that so often goes on around here. We ought to have an exception to that general rule by passing this amendment tonight. But if you vote for it, do not think you can then go home and pretend to your workers that you are a friend of the working man and a friend of working families all over this country if you vote to pass this bill, because it will still be cutting education from the President's request by over $3 billion, it will be cutting health care by more than $1 billion, it will be cutting worker protection and job training programs by almost $2 billion. That is not going to fool anybody.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Addressing the impact of proposed budget cuts on education, health care, and worker protections.

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