[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 131 (Saturday, September 26, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H8974]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 FEMINIST GROUPS SELL OUT REAL INTEREST OF WOMEN FOR PARTISAN POLITICS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, for 7 months, Americans have been wondering 
why there is a deafening silence from the feminist organizations in 
Washington. Despite their loud and organized opposition to the 
allegations against Justice Clarence Thomas, their outrage at Senator 
Packwood, nary a word was said about activity in the White House.
  But look at the headlines. The feminists have finally found their 
tongues and they support the President. In fact, they are proud of him. 
Barbara Laden, of the Independent Women's Forum, charges that the left-
wing feminist groups are, ``willing to sell out the real interest of 
women to play partisan politics. It is an embarrassment. They're 
actually betraying feminism,'' she says.
  Mr. Speaker, misbehavior, whether by the left or right, is wrong. I 
am sorry to see that so-called feminist leaders cannot find their moral 
outrage when the offense is on the left.

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