[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 125 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   IN SUPPORT OF MENENDEZ RESOLUTION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the privileged 
resolution being offered this afternoon by the gentleman from New 
Jersey [Mr. Menendez].
  Yesterday, I stood on the floor of this House and I listened to my 
colleague be verbally accosted by a former Member of this body. This 
former Member has pressing business pending before this House, and he 
should not even be allowed on this floor while the matter is being 
considered. This is the U.S. Congress, the people's House. This is no 
place for this sort of language and for this sort of behavior.
  If this body is to retain any integrity, we must bar all former 
Members from the floor when they have any matter pending before this 
body. The American people have lost so much faith and confidence in 
this body over the course of the last several years. Let us not give 
them another reason to lose any more.

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