It is clear that the LSC often pursues an activist and ideological agenda that hardly benefits its poor clients. It is ridiculous that we continue to fund a program so irresponsible that the Congress would actually have to take the kind of action we took in fiscal year 1996 and spell out what ought to be clear ahead of time for an organization funded with federal taxpayer dollars. Congress actually had to make explicit that the LSC may not get involved in redistricting. they may not get involved in abortion litigation. or prison litigation. or welfare litigation. or prounion advocacy. or union organizing. or feegenerating cases. or representation of public housing tenants charged with possession of illegal drugs or against whom eviction proceedings have begun as a result of illegal drug activity. and a prohibition on representing illegal aliens. That is an indictment right there on the inclinations of the individuals in this irresponsible agency. I believe as much as anyone in protecting the rights of poor people. but I do not believe we have to build a bigger and bigger welfare state. of which this is a part. in order to accomplish those objectives.
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