[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PREVENT BOB DORNAN FROM RETURNING TO HOUSE FLOOR

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority in this House has 
done a disservice to the country in its continual effort to go after 
the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez], who was duly elected and 
certified by the State of California.
  But one of the saddest consequences of the Republican witch hunt of 
this Hispanic Member has been to encourage former Congressman Bob 
Dornan into believing that he is still a Member of this body. Mr. 
Dornan has no business being on the floor of this House. I know the 
rules currently allow it, but he has violated that privilege by his 
conduct most recently when he accosted my colleague, the gentleman from 
New Jersey [Mr. Menendez].
  I urge all my colleagues to support the motion of the gentleman from 
New Jersey [Mr. Menendez] to prevent Bob Dornan from returning to the 
House floor. But I fault the Republican leadership even more than Mr. 
Dornan that we have come to this sad state of affairs. They are to 
blame for encouraging Mr. Dornan, who has clearly lost the election but 
persists in thinking otherwise.

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