[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MARGE SCHOTT AND THE CINCINNATI REDS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, most Americans agree that the statements 
of Marge Schott, owner of the Cincinnati Reds, were crude, rude, 
repugnant, ignorant, and disgusting, to say the least.
  Mr. Speaker, was Marge Schott wrong? Yes. Do baseball owners have the 
right to be upset? Yes. Do baseball owners have the right to sanction 
Marge Schott? Yes.
  Do baseball owners have the right to strip Marge Schott of the 
ownership of the Cincinnati Reds? I say absolutely not. The baseball 
owners can fine her; they can sanction her; but, by God, they cannot 
take her ownership of the Reds away.
  We may disagree with what she says, but she has the right to say it. 
The fact is, I believe that Marge Schott is more of a threat to 
sobriety than she is a threat to our society. Think about that one.
  I yield back the balance of any ownership. There is still a 
Constitution around here.

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