[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13360]
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                               AN APOLOGY

  (Mr. MORAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, Friday evening the gentleman from California 
[Mr. Cunningham] directed an inappropriate remark at me for which he 
subsequently apologized. Unfortunately, I responded to that remark in 
an even less appropriate way by forcing Mr. Cunningham to leave the 
House floor with me and then instigating a physical confrontation 
outside the doors. I acted in a way that is unbecoming a Member of the 
Congress.
  If this were an athletic ring, a top gun Navy fighter pilot the size 
of Duke Cunningham would certainly have made for a fair fight of it. 
But we are supposed to be engaged in a battle of ideas, demonstrating 
to the American people and other countries how we settle our 
differences in a nonviolent way.
  Mr. Cunningham deserves an apology from me. I hereby offer one.

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