[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            APOLOGY DUE THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

  (Mr. TANNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TANNER. Madam Speaker, a while ago one of the Members who spoke 
here used the term ``extremist, mean-spirited, and shameful.'' Let me 
tell my friends that one of the most extremist, mean-spirited, and 
shameful remarks occurred in an interview by a Member of this body the 
other day in the Journal Gazette when he said, ``The only law they 
clearly established Koresh broke that I can see is that he had sex with 
a consenting minor,'' a little girl 10-year-old. ``Do you send tanks 
and government troops into large sections of Kentucky and Tennessee, 
and other places where such things occur? Since he viewed he was 
married, which then comes to the polygamy question, in other words, we 
are sending tanks in to enforce polygamy laws.''
  By way of a strained explanation, he said, ``I implied something I 
don't believe. It was a wrong choice of words.''
  May I say to the Speaker of this House, the people of Kentucky and 
Tennessee deserve an apology from someone who speaks for this body.

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