[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H71]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CALL FOR AN END TO INVESTIGATION OF VOTER FRAUD

  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, the grand jury in Orange County, with all 
of the available facts and documents and information at their disposal, 
did not find probable cause to issue even a single criminal indictment 
concerning voter fraud in Loretta Sanchez's victory. The Republican 
California Secretary of state, who well over a year ago certified 
Loretta Sanchez the winner after a painstaking recount, concluded in 
December that no new evidence warranted changing that result.
  In fact, listen to what Secretary Jones had to say about the so-
called evidence the Republicans sent to him, and I quote, ``We don't 
know if they are illegal or not because we don't know the status of the 
individuals on the list or how the list was put together. I can't vouch 
for the list.''
  Let me repeat that, ``I can't vouch for the list.''
  Mr. Speaker, that is what we Democrats have been saying all along. 
This so-called evidence is useless and worthless and nothing more than 
an attack on Hispanic voters in the Nation. It is time to end this 
investigation and the enormous amount of taxpayer dollars spent.

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