[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 17, 1994]
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                           SEXUAL HARASSMENT?

  (Mrs. ROUKEMA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I, too, want to address the remarks made 
by our friend and colleague, Chairman Pete Stark.
  Mr. Speaker, these remarks to our colleague, Congresswoman Johnson, 
were really way out of line and beneath his dignity as chairman.
  But, I see no humor in the situation. Perhaps this is because I, too, 
am the wife of a physician and I am deeply offended by this sexist 
slur.
  Let me ask, is the wife of the chairman and the wives of all our 
colleagues to be denied a political opinion or a position on health 
care reform because they are married to Members of Congress?
  Is he asserting that all wives are victims of ``Pillow talk brain 
washing?''
  I have seldom heard publicly expressed such a sexist remark. At least 
not in public and not when conducting committee business.
  In fact, Mr. Speaker, if he had made such a remark in the private 
sector on the job he would have been justifiably accused of sexual 
harassment.
  Mr. Stark owes all the wives in America an apology.

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