[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES INSULT FEMALE STAFFERS

  (Mrs. CHENOWETH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, in what has been called a desperate 
distraction of men uncomfortable with women in the workplace, two 
Democrat male Members of Congress verbally assulted two female 
congressional aides yesterday in a committee hearing. What was the 
reason for these attacks--the women happen to be married to prominent 
public officials.
  This sort of Neanderthal-like mentality that would cause a Member of 
Congress to stoop to such a low level as attacking hardworking staff 
members on such sexist grounds has absolutely no place in this 
institution. Not only is this an insult to the female staffers in 
Congress, it is an insult to working women all across america.
  Mr. Speaker, I call on my Democrat colleagues, Mr. Moran and Mr. 
Kanjorski, to publicly apoloize to the women they attacked.

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