[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  METHINKS THOU DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH

  (Mr. EMERSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I have actually sat here this morning and 
listened to all of the righteous indignation being expressed. There was 
a perceived wrong in the House, and the majority leader, in an act of 
magnanimity that I have never witnessed in my 15 years here, and, 
believe me, when we were in the minority, there were many perceived and 
real acts perpetrated that were not only perceived, they were real acts 
of wrongdoing, procedurally. This House was never offered the means to 
address the perception of wrong, in those days. But now the offer has 
been made, and it was unanimously agreed to.
  I think with what is going on here this morning, there is--I would 
have to refer a little bit to Shakespeare here: Methinks thou doth 
protest too much. For the lack of an agenda of substance, you want to 
quibble about a procedural issue that is, in fact, being addressed and 
addressed in a very reasonable, up front and correct manner.

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