[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN VOTERS

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, there were 2 very interesting stories on 
the news wire today. First of all, Majority Leader Dole was addressing 
a convention in a western State and he said very strongly: Do not send 
Washington another Pat Schroeder. Hey, thanks, Bob. I am hoping we do 
not send the White House a Bob Dole, but that is OK.
  And then I also read on the wire today that Speaker Gingrich gave a 
speech and said that he felt that the Democrats' advantage with women 
voters was just artificial and he was going to lead a public relations 
campaign to turn this around.
  Hang on, women. Who knows what will happen. First we saw him with 
little animals. Now it is going to be interesting to see what we see 
him with in this whole campaign. But I must say, once women got the 
right to vote, we also have the right to read and we also have the 
right to drive cars and all sorts of things.
  I think it is going to take more than a public relations campaign to 
paint over the record the people on the other side have built up. There 
is a reason.

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