[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   DORNAN-SANCHEZ CONTESTED ELECTION

  (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, last night I listened in interest as my 
colleague, the gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Ehlers, discussed the 
investigation of the election of our colleague, the gentlewoman from 
California Ms. Loretta Sanchez. He explained that 6,000 voters in 
Orange County were noncitizens at the time of last year's election, not 
just in the 46th District, which the gentlewoman from California Ms. 
Sanchez represents, but in the entire county, which includes five other 
congressional districts.
  We ought to be committed to weeding out voter fraud. And if our 
Republican colleagues are truly committed to weeding out voter fraud in 
this country, they would be investigating all of the congressional 
elections that took place in Orange County last year to find all of 
these ineligible voters.
  But there have been no investigations of any of the other Orange 
County elections. And why? Because those seats were won by Republican 
Congressmen, the gentleman from California [Mr. Royce], the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Kim], the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Rohrabacher], the gentleman from California [Mr. Cox], and the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Packard].
  Republicans are only targeting one district, one Member, one 
community, the Hispanic community, clearly nothing more than a partisan 
political probe funded by U.S. taxpayers. Enough is enough. Call an end 
to the investigation.

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