[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         MOLLIFYING BOB DORNAN

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, how much will it cost the American 
taxpayers to mollify Bob Dornan? So far the Republican leadership has 
allowed the House Committee on House Oversight to waste hundreds of 
thousands of dollars on an investigation that has produced nothing.
  The victory of the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez] over Bob 
Dornan was certified by the Republican secretary of State of 
California. It is valid. However, Bob Dornan cannot get over the fact 
that he lost to a Hispanic woman, and for some unknown reason he can 
command the Republican leadership to jump to attention and harass the 
gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez] for over 9 months now.
  Mr. Speaker, it is not in the public interest to spend hundreds of 
thousands of dollars to hold a kangaroo court aimed at nothing other 
than political payback. The people of the 46th District of California 
have chosen their Representative, and we should respect their choice.

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