[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3735-H3736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  GEJDENSON ELECTION STILL NOT SETTLED

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, as a former secretary of the state of 
Connecticut, I have every reason to be proud of my State's tradition of 
honest elections and a revered court system. So it was with chagrin 
that I learned yesterday of a decision not to dismiss the challenge of 
our seated Congressman, Sam Gejdenson, from the Second District, a 
decision in stark contrast to precedents established in 47 previous 
cases since 1969.
  The facts are clear. Our colleague from Connecticut's Second District 
was elected and not once, not twice, but three times declared the 
victor, election night, in an automatic recount, and by the highest 
court of the State of Connecticut, our supreme court, headed by Chief 
Justice Peters, a revered court legalist.
  ``The cloud that Mr. Munster perceives,'' it was said by the court, 
``has no basis in fact, law or reason. It simply does not exist.''
  [[Page H3736]] Mr. Speaker, we have laws, precedents, and standards 
which should govern our actions. The people of Connecticut will have 
every right not only to be surprised but amazed that these decisions 
have been set aside.

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