[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 124 (Thursday, September 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WILL FUND NO CANDIDATE WHO INITIATES 
                     PERSONAL ATTACKS ON OPPONENTS

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I want to join with my colleague from Texas 
(Mr. Frost) in saying that the despicable act yesterday against the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Henry Hyde), one of the most decent men 
who has ever served in this body, has brought this entire discussion of 
public discourse to a new low.
  Private lives, unrelated to policy or unrelated to public involvement 
in politics, is simply off limits, and the Republican Campaign 
Committee will not fund any candidate in America who engages in 
bringing personal aspects, unrelated to policy, of any opponent's life 
out in the open.
  We both have agreed that responding is acceptable, but initiating a 
personal attack on anybody running for office is simply off limits. We 
are going to soon have no one of any stature willing to put themselves 
through this wringer, and it is sad for America.

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