[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   COURT MARTIAL FOR LT. KELLY FLYNN

  (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, the Pentagon said Lt. Kelly Flynn, the 
first woman to fly a B-52, committed adultery and lied. Lt. Kelly Flynn 
admits she made a mistake. For this, the Pentagon has chosen to court-
martial Lieutenant Flynn.
  What a country, Congress. Jimmy Swigert can return to prime time, but 
Kelly Flynn gets hard time. Unbelievable. For years G.I. Joe was given 
a condom and a slap on the wrist, but now G.I. Jane gets a court-
martial, a slap in the face, and to boot, labeled as Jezebel for life. 
I ask, if this was Lt. Erol Flynn instead of Lt. Kelly Flynn, would 
there be a court-martial, Congress? Beam me up.
  The truth is these Pentagon fat cats have been sitting on their 
bureaucratic self-righteous brasses far too long. What is next, 
gentlemen? Chastity belts? I yield back the balance of all this 
adultery and crime.

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