[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: March 24, 1994]
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                        WE MOURN COLOSIO'S DEATH

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, last night a great Mexican leader, 
Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio, was assassinated by a 
coward. Even though violence has not been a part of Mexican politics in 
the past, this incident shows that all of us in public life are 
vulnerable.
  Luis Donaldo Colosio worked with many of us on NAFTA, and we knew him 
to be a good decent man with a great vision for Mexico's future and a 
grassroots appreciation for those left behind in Mexican society. He 
would have been a great Mexican President--in fact, I predict that he 
would have fully democratized Mexico's political process, continued 
Mexico's economic and social reforms, and been a champion of Mexico's 
impoverished classes.
  All Americans, Democrats and Republicans, the Congress, and the 
President should support our neighbors in Mexico as the adjust to this 
tragedy and deal with this political crisis.

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