[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                 BINDING CONGRESS TO THE LAWS IT PASSES

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, common sense goes a long way in 
government. Ohio has passed a law that requires that new or renovated 
buildings have double the number of restrooms for women that they have 
for men because, says the logic, it takes women much longer to use the 
restroom, and therefore there should be more. It is called the potty 
parity law. Common sense.
  Now, today, Congress considers voting on a bill that would apply the 
laws that we pass, that are binding on mom and dad to be binding on 
Members of Congress. I think today it is time to squeeze the Charmin, 
folks. If the law is binding on mom and dad and Congress passes these 
types of laws, Congress should pass the same laws to be binding on 
themselves.
  We have been flush with deception for too many years.

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