[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FAREWELL TO A TOUGH DEBATER

  (Mr. RANGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, let me say on behalf of the New York 
congressional delegation that we probably have less problems after we 
leave this floor than any other delegation, because we have learned to 
work with each other, to respect each other, and to understand each 
other.
  The gentlewoman from New York, Ms. Sue Molinari, is one of the 
champions on the Republican side, and yet we do not see it in the 
elevators, we do not see it when we have our meetings, we do not see it 
when we get back to New York, we are just people fighting for our great 
city and our great State.
  Unlike the gentleman from New York [Mr. Schumer], she was one of the 
people that I least liked debating with, not because she was always 
that tough, but she was always smiling, always charming. It is 
difficult to fire your best shot when somebody is looking at you 
lovingly.
  So I will not miss her on the television debates, and I am so glad 
that she will be moderating, rather than explaining those rough 
Republican views in such a soft, tender, loving way.

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