[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7539-H7540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING THE WRONG WAY ON BILINGUAL BALLOTING, 
           AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS

  (Mr. EVANS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. EVANS. I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Illinois for his kindness in yielding to me. It was difficult for me to 
be able to complete a statement that I wanted to make regarding the 
Committee on the Judiciary on this very historic day of July 16.
  I mentioned bilingual balloting, which just simply allows those 
adults who may speak English, but may not read it very clearly, to cast 
their vote as American citizens. But likewise, we are reviewing this 
whole issue of affirmative action, and clearly, it has taken the wrong 
direction.
  I rise for the purpose of citing the Wall Street Journal, where there 
is an article on an angry CEO from California who happens to be 
blasting a Catholic nun. The Catholic nun simply wrote to say ``As a 
stockholder, I would encourage you to have minorities and women on your 
board.'' This CEO took it upon himself to write an ugly spirited 
letter, castigating the nun, suggesting she should mind her own 
business.
  That is what happens when the Federal Government begins to take away 
rights. The private sector then thinks it must rally around ugliness 
and divisiveness.
  I would commend to this CEO to think that this country is full of 
talented, diverse individuals who understand cyperspace, understand the 
superhighway, and I commend to him that it is reasonable that he could 
find minorities and women to serve on his board. What a tragedy. The 
reason we have that is because the Federal Government is going the 
wrong way.

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                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gutknecht). Pursuant to the provisions 
of clause 5, rule I, the Chair announces that he will postpone further 
proceedings today on each motion to suspend the rules on which a 
recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, or on which the vote is 
objected to under clause 4 of rule XV.
  Such rollcall votes, if postponed, will be taken after debate is 
concluded on all motions to suspend the rules, but not before 5 p.m. 
today.

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