[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9628-H9629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         LET LORETTA SANCHEZ GO

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say to you, to the 
chairman of the Committee on House Oversight and to the Republican 
Members of the House, let Loretta Sanchez go. Stop holding this woman 
hostage in your game of political terrorism.

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  The voters of California's 46th Congressional District cast their 
ballots last November. They voted Bob Dornan out and Loretta Sanchez in 
by nearly 1,000 votes. The election was certified by the California 
Secretary of State. A lengthy recount requested by Mr. Dornan showed no 
change in the outcome.
  Then came Mr. Dornan's charges of voter fraud. Yet almost a year 
after the election and after expending hundreds of thousands of dollars 
in taxpayer funds, Republicans have yet to show any evidence of voter 
fraud.
  Mr. Speaker, the time has come to give up the charade. Stop this 
mockery of an investigation, stop the harassment, stop the 
intimidation. Let Loretta Sanchez go. She won her seat in the House 
fair and square. Put up your evidence or drop this ill-conceived 
investigation. Stop it and end it now.

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