Nomination: Hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session - Couverture souple

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Labor And Human Resources

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1314723510 ISBN 13 : 9781314723519

Editeur : HardPress Ltd, 2013

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:07 a.m.. in room SD-430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (chairman of the committee) presioing. Present: Senators Kennedy, Simon, Kassebaum, and Gregg. Opening Statement of Senator Kennedy The Chairman. We will come to order. This is a day that many of us have been looking forward to for a long period of time, and I will just make a very brief opening comment and invite my colleagues to make what brief comments they would like to ma Jte, recognize our friends and former colleague, and then we will move ahead to the business of our hearing this morning for the hearing on our very outstanding and distinguished group of nominees. I nscrifed above the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court is the Nation sconstitutional ideal, Equal Justice Under Law. But those majestic words are an empty promise to millions of Americans too poor to afford a lawyer to protect their legal rights. A right without a remedy is not a right at all. Without counsel, those who live in poverty are often powerless against the injustices they suffer. Congress passed the Legal Services Corporation A ct in 1974 to meet that challenge. We established an independent corporation to give Federal assistance to State and local programs providing legal services to the poor and to do so in a manner free from the pressure of partisan politics. But in 1981, shortly after President Reagan took office, the Corporation became bogged down in controversy. The new administration proposed to abohsh the Corporation. Congress resisted that extreme proposal, but the Corporation was forced to accept a 25 percent cut in funds. Those cuts have persisted. After adjusting for inflation, Federal funding for legal services today is an unconscionable 40 percent less than it was in 1981. Stat
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HardPress Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1314723510
• ISBN 13: 9781314723519
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible