[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         I WILL NOT BE SILENCED

  (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, I rise today to tell my Republican 
colleagues from Georgia that I will not be intimidated. I will not be 
cowed and I will not be silenced.
  Yesterday's Atlanta Constitution reported that Republican members of 
our delegation are threatening retribution against me and another 
member of our delegation because of our calls for an outside counsel to 
investigate Speaker Gingrich. According to the article the Atlanta 
Federal Center, the King Historic Site and even funding for the 1996 
Olympic Games may be jeopardized because we have dared to speak out.
  My Republican colleagues should have more courage. Do they really 
think they can silence me with their threats. If they want to confront 
me, they should take me head on, man to man. The nerve, the gall, Mr. 
Speaker, to hold the people of Atlanta, the citizens of Georgia, and 
the athletes of the world hostage in their attempt to silence the 
legitimate calls for an investigation of Speaker Gingrich.
  Is there nothing this new Republican majority will not do to silence 
the voices of dissent? Well, Mr. Speaker, I will not be silenced, I 
will not be intimidated. We need an outside counsel to investigate this 
Speaker and we need one right now.

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