[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                     A BAD DAY FOR THE CONSTITUTION

  (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, this morning I think that we should recall 
the words of a great woman of many, many years ago, Barbara Jordan, 
during the Watergate hearings, when she intoned the Constitution.
  Yesterday was a bad day for the Constitution. Yesterday was a bad day 
for this card that we each have that the people of our respective 
congressional districts graced us with, the power to speak for them, 
the power to represent them with our vote. The Constitution. The 
Constitution.
  Yesterday was a good day for fundraising. Yesterday was a bad day for 
democracy and for the Constitution and the power that the people gave 
us in the House of Representatives to cast our vote and to speak for 
them. Shame on those that would chip away at the Constitution.


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