[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AN APOLOGY DUE THE SPEAKER AND THE HOUSE

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FORBES. Madam Speaker, two Members of this great body have 
likened Republicans and the Speaker of this House ``to something worse 
than Adolf Hitler.'' For that I cannot even begin to express my 
outrage.
  The gentleman from Manhattan, NY [Mr. Rangel] said, regarding the 
Contract With America, ``when I compare this to what happened in 
Germany, I hope you will see the similarities.''
  His colleague, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Owens], in 
referencing Republicans, said, ``these people who are practicing 
genocide with a smile, they are worse than Hitler.''
  Madam Speaker, protectors of the same old order, the failed policies 
of the past, rely on gross distortions and outlandish scare tactics. 
But comparisons to the Holocaust, to the barbarism of Hitler and to his 
atrocious crimes is beyond the bounds of civility.
  Our initiatives to restore compassion, common sense, and 
responsiveness to government will not be dissuaded, no matter how 
intemperate the remarks of the other side. The gentlemen owe the 
Speaker and this great body an apology.

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