[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 130 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        MEMBERS MUST DEFEND THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, this great country is struggling to find 
its way through the darkness of cynicism, distrust, and divisiveness, 
because this body and this administration tend to demagogue, to speak 
against others when we do not agree with them or their ideas or their 
philosophies.
  We must realize that the foundation of this very government was based 
upon a rule of law and not a rule of man, a moral direction for a new 
country, and most importantly, a Constitution.
  This foundation is what makes America so great, so strong. All men 
are created equal, and no man is above the law. Our Founding Fathers 
made the tough decisions on governance, on principle, on what was right 
and wrong, not on opinion polls and conjecture.
  When we address the circumstances beset upon this President, we must 
remember that we are all bound by the Constitution, by the stable and 
forthright direction of our Founding Fathers.
  The duty before us is an onerous one that requires each of us to 
summon the courage and the means to defend the rule of law, and to 
stand up and recapture the constitutional intent of James Madison.

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