[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CALLING INVESTIGATION OF VOTER FRAUD A WITCH HUNT OR ATTACK ON 
                      HISPANICS IS UTTER NONSENSE

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks and include 
extraneous material.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Madam Speaker, never have we heard or seen a more 
shameless, despicable display of playing the race card from the bottom 
of the deck than that we are seeing here today with regard to the 
disputed Sanchez election.
  I have heard investigations into voter fraud described as a witch 
hunt, an attack on all Hispanic voters, and an unprecedented attack on 
Hispanics throughout the Nation. I have heard our constitutional duty 
to ensure fair and honest elections characterized as targeting every 
Hispanic voter as if they did not have the right to vote.
  What utter nonsense. Fair and honest elections are not a Republican 
issue or a Democratic issue. Is the other side really suggesting that 
voter fraud should not be investigated? Is the other side really 
suggesting that non-U.S. citizens should be able to vote?
  The other side's reckless, irresponsible, and deliberately 
inflammatory charges are an insult to this great institution, to the 
American ideal of fair and honest elections.

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