[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      COMMENTS ON HOUSE HISTORIAN

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, not even the Speaker of the House 
agrees. His choice of a Historian for this House is unfit to serve. 
There is no room in this House for bigotry, racism, or anti-Semitism. I 
commend the Speaker for realizing his error, acting quickly, and firing 
his appointment.
  The operation of this House, the recording of its history, should be 
nonpartisan. The House Administrator, the House Historian, these 
appointments should be made with the best interests of this House in 
mind, not the Speaker, not the Speaker or one political party.
  Last week the American people were promised a new openness, a new way 
of doing business. But so far it looks like business as usual.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a Republican House, this is not a Democratic 
House. This is the people's House. Mr. Speaker, the people deserve 
better.

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