[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SANCHEZ-DORNAN ELECTION

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the truth will be told. 
Madam Speaker, Bob Dornan is fighting for a job, and the gentlewoman 
from California [Ms. Sanchez] is fighting for her life and the life of 
a people who deserve a right to be represented in the U.S. Congress. 
What a travesty.
  First, the Republicans want to counter the real counting of people by 
opposing sampling so that urban dwelling Hispanics, African-Americans, 
Asians, new immigrants to this Nation, who become new citizens cannot 
be counted. Why? Sheer politics.
  Why do the Republicans want to continue opposing the seating of the 
gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez] when absolutely no fraud has 
been found? Because I guess they do not believe that all of us are 
equal in these United States.
  Former Representative Bob Dornan has led a widespread abusive and 
costly search for voter fraud, claiming that the lost election, that he 
lost by more than a thousand votes, is due to massive illegal voting by 
Hispanics. There we go again bashing immigrants, now citizens. And yet, 
after $300,000 of taxpayer money has been expended, no fraud has been 
found.
  Stop bashing Hispanics, count them. And leave the gentlewoman from 
California [Ms. Sanchez] alone to do her job for the 46th District of 
California.

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