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QUOTE OF NOTE: [On international airline-safety standards:] "Congress and the FAA have the clear responsibility to ensure that the traveling public does not face unnecessary risks caused by the expansion of the globalization of air transport."
JOSEPH MCCOLGAN (R) District 3
BORN: July 17, 1962, Philadelphia EDUCATION: Villanova U., B.A., 1984 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Navy, 1984-88 OCCUPATION: Marketing executive POLITICAL CAREER: Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1990 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 16207, Philadelphia 19114-0207. Tel.: 215-612-1467
Joe McColgan is a young Republican trying to pull the conservative Third District into the G.O.P. fold. He first ran against incumbent Robert Borski in 1990--losing by 20 points, better than any Republican since 1982--and feels that his respectable showing in that race will generate votes in this election. The major question is whether he can convince working-class Democrats that the Republican fiscal platform is no threat to their jobs and entitlements.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays NO Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "It is not that we are against paying taxes, or against the existence of government. Rather, we resent the government we get for the taxes we pay."
PAUL ADAMETZ (R) District 4 (West--Beaver County; part of Westmoreland County)
BORN: June 30, 1964, Belle Vernon EDUCATION: Art Institute of Pittsburgh, A.A., 1985 FAMILY: Wife, Katrina; one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Printer POLITICAL CAREER: Seven Fields Borough Council, 1995- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1852, Cranberry Township 16066. Tel.: 412-231-7440
A conservative Republican with a populist campaign, Adametz is for limited government, lower taxes, returning control of education to the states and restoring the traditional American family. He is a former printer, which helps explain his colorful campaign literature: "Three things that can always be found in my refrigerator...chocolate milk, carrots and barbecue sauce." Them's fightin' words.
THE ISSUES
Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns NO Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "For those insistent upon 'separation of church and state,' a phrase that doesn't appear in my copy of the Constitution, just which commandment is so offensive that the entire list must be banned from government property?"
RON KLINK (D) District 4
BORN: Sept. 23, 1951, Canton, Ohio EDUCATION: Meyersdale High School, graduated, 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Linda Hogan; two children RELIGION: United Church of Christ MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Television journalist POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 474, Veannette 15644. Tel.: 412-527-7437