[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5940-H5941]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BASELESS ALLEGATIONS

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I read with disbelief an article 
in the Washington Post this morning. It reported that the Speaker of 
this House has made baseless, unsubstantiated allegations about our 
late Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown.
  Ron Brown died in service to his country just 2 short months ago when 
his plane crashed during a trade mission to Bosnia. The Brown family is 
still in mourning, but for the Speaker of the House the death of this 
great man is something to be exploited for political gain.
  Mr. Speaker, how low will you go? Is there a shred of decency left in 
your body? Is there anything you would not say for partisan political 
gain. You bring disrespect to yourself and to this institution by 
making such outrageous and baseless charges.
  You owe us all an apology. You owe the Brown family an apology. You 
owe this Congress an apology and you owe this Nation an apology.
  Mr. Speaker, you might not be the most unpopular public figure in 
history

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if you started showing a little common decency and respect.

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