Remarks given on the U.S. House floor regarding draft registration legislation · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_399
Title: Remarks given on the U.S. House floor regarding draft registration legislation
Description: Remarks by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin given on the U.S. House floor on March 4, 1980, regarding his disagreement with proposed legislation that called for a return to peacetime draft registration admist the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin also stated that he was not entirely against draft registration, such as during emergencies, and that he believed that women and men alike had "an equal obligation to their country" in regards to the draft. 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: Year(s): 1980
Date: Display: March 4, 1980
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Afghanistan--Soviet Occupation, 1979-1989; Draft--United States
Place: United States; Soviet Union; Afghanistan
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text