[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: August 11, 1994]
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                               DEMOCRACY

  (Mr. WATT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT. Mr. Speaker, in the midst of all the discussion about 
health care and crime and issues of importance, there are some of us 
who are still struggling with the simple question of democracy and 
whether our districts will survive.
  Last week in Louisiana, a three-judge panel redrew the districts 
there that have been worked on by the State legislature. Democracy is 
based on representative government, and all people in our democracy are 
entitled to representation in the process.
  I think we should express our outrage at efforts that are on the way 
to undermine representative government in this body, and I call upon 
America to do that. I call upon the Supreme Court to stay the ruling 
entered by the three-judge panel in Louisiana.

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