Speech at the IMAGE national convention discussing Reagan budget cuts impacting programs benefiting Hispanic Americans
Title
Speech at the IMAGE national convention discussing Reagan budget cuts impacting programs benefiting Hispanic Americans
Description
A speech by US Congressman Les AuCoin given at the national convention of IMAGE, an organization of Hispanic federal, state, and local government employees, on June 5, 1981. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin discussed the issue of the Reagan Administration proposing to cut several programs that benefited Hispanic Americans from the 1982 federal budget -- such as portions of the Occupational Safety and Health Adinistration (OSHA), bilingual education and migrant health, housing and social services -- all while increasing military spending. During his time in Congress, AuCoin had been a part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator
AuCoin, Les
Date Created
June 5, 1981
Subject
Place
Identifier
PUA_MS147_492
Rights
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Source
Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Type
Text