[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          FREE LORETTA SANCHEZ

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the Republican leadership this morning will 
bring up a resolution that allows the House to adjourn this weekend and 
not return until the end of January, and the purpose of that basically 
is to avoid addressing the issue of Loretta Sanchez' election and the 
ongoing investigation.
  This House should not adjourn until it ends this witch-hunt of 
Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez' election. The Republican leadership has 
not been able to prove that there was any illegality involved in this 
election. Congresswoman Sanchez won her California election fair and 
square. The Republicans are simply wasting a lot of money, over 
$500,000 in taxpayer dollars, to try to prove a case that they have not 
been able to prove.
  It is all because Republicans are trying to harass and intimidate 
Hispanic voters because they voted in overwhelming numbers for 
Democratic candidates in the last congressional election. Let us free 
Loretta Sanchez and put an end to this witch-hunt. It is not proper for 
this House to adjourn until this investigation is concluded and 
stopped.

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