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

Legislators--United States
United States--Economic policy--1981-1993
Budget process--Law and legislation--United States
Arms control
Washington County (Or.)
Hispanic Americans

Place

Unites States

Identifier

PUA_MS147_492

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text

Collection