[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H8311-H8312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE ARE DUE AN APOLOGY

  (Mr. BAESLER of Kentucky asked and was given permission to address 

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  the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAESLER. Madam Speaker, recently, on Wednesday, July 19, a 
freshman Republican Member of Congress made the following quote in an 
interview regarding Koresh and the Waco hearings. ``The only law they 
clearly established,'' talking about Koresh, ``broke that I can see, so 
far, is he had sex with consenting minors.'' He said, ``Do you send 
tanks and Government troops into large sections of Kentucky and 
Tennessee and other places where such things as this occur?''
  This statement shows, I think, the extent to which some members of 
the majority party will go in order to justify the narrow world view 
about David Koresh. Instead of condemning him for what he was, this 
Member attacked the good people of Kentucky and Tennessee.
  Something is clearly wrong with this picture, and this Member, as 
others, just does not get it. Defending religious freedom is not the 
same as defending religious fanaticism. Somebody ought to tell him the 
difference.
  On behalf of the good people of Kentucky and Tennessee, I think this 
Member owes us an apology.

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